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RAIL TRENDS 2017 www.railcan.ca TM Yukon Territory Northwest Territories WWP&YRP&YR Nunavut C a n a d aHay River British Columbia KR Schefferville Churchill Newfoundland and TSHTSH Labrador Alber ta VVIAIA Labrador City Prince VVIAIA CN HBRY QNSL Rupert CFRR Saskatchewan CN RMRRMR KCR Manitoba AMIC Sept-ëles Edmonton Quebec VVIAIA SCFG VVIAIA PPrincerince SCR CTRW EEdwarddward RRMRMR Moosonee CP RRMRMR BBRRRR IIslandsland APRAPR SSaskatoonaskatoon CN RS New Ontario OONRNR CN Brunswick Moncton VVIAIA CCalgaryalgary VIAVIA CBNS Vancouver WWCECE LLMRMR CN ONR VVIAIA CCFCFC GSR VVIAIA VVIAIA NBSR CN VIAVIA BCR BSR RReginaegina SRY KFR PDCRPDCR CEMR QubecQubec Halifax BNSF CFQG Nova AAMTKMTK CP CP SSSRYSRY CP NCR WWinnipeginnipeg CFL CMQ Scotia GWR VVIAIA AAMTMT BTCR Thunder Bay Montral Sherbrooke SSudburyudbury CRCR SLQ HCRY OVR VIAVIA CSX AAMTKMTK Class 1 railways VVIAIA BCRY Shortline railways SSSHRSHR GGOO Toronto Passenger railways OBRYOBRY TTR AAMTKMTK GEXR PCHR CSX SOR VVIAIA OSR Detroit STER Windsor ETR RAC members as of Dec. 31, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-927520-07-9 Yukon Territory Northwest Territories WWP&YRP&YR Nunavut C a n a d aHay River British Columbia KR Schefferville Churchill Newfoundland and TSHTSH Labrador Alber ta VVIAIA Labrador City Prince VVIAIA CN HBRY QNSL Rupert CFRR Saskatchewan CN RMRRMR KCR Manitoba AMIC Sept-ëles Edmonton Quebec VVIAIA SCFG VVIAIA PPrincerince SCR CTRW EEdwarddward RRMRMR Moosonee CP RRMRMR BBRRRR IIslandsland APRAPR SSaskatoonaskatoon CN RS New Ontario OONRNR CN Brunswick Moncton VVIAIA CCalgaryalgary VIAVIA CBNS Vancouver WWCECE LLMRMR CN ONR VVIAIA CCFCFC GSR VVIAIA VVIAIA NBSR CN VIAVIA BCR BSR RReginaegina SRY KFR PDCRPDCR CEMR QubecQubec Halifax BNSF CFQG Nova AAMTKMTK CP CP SSSRYSRY CP NCR WWinnipeginnipeg CFL CMQ Scotia GWR VVIAIA AAMTMT BTCR Thunder Bay Montral Sherbrooke SSudburyudbury CRCR SLQ HCRY OVR VIAVIA CSX AAMTKMTK Class 1 railways VVIAIA BCRY Shortline railways SSSHRSHR GGOO Toronto Passenger railways OBRYOBRY TTR AAMTKMTK GEXR PCHR CSX SOR VVIAIA OSR Detroit STER Windsor ETR 99 Bank Street Phone: (613) 567-8591 www.railcan.ca Suite 901 Fax: (613) 567-6726 Ottawa, ON Email: [email protected] K1P 6B9 Rail Trends 2017 I MEMBER COMPANIES 2016 6CL 6970184 Canada LMRY Last Mountain Railway AMT Agence métropolitaine GO Metrolinx de transport NBSR New Brunswick Southern AP Alberta Prairie Railway Railway Excursions NCRC Nipissing Central Railway AMTK Amtrak NS Norfolk Southern Railway AMIC ArcelorMittal Infrastructure ONTC Ontario Northland Canada Transportation Commission BCRY Barrie-Collingwood Railway OSR Ontario Southland Railway BRRY Battle River Railway OBRY Orangeville Brampton Railway BCRP BCR Properties OVRR Ottawa Valley Railway BSRY Big Sky Rail Corp PDCR Prairie Dog Central Railway — BNSF BNSF Vintage Locomotive Society BTRC Boundary Trail Railway CFQG Québec Gatineau Railway CBNS Cape Breton & Central QNSL Québec North Shore and Nova Scotia Railway Labrador Railway Company CR Capital Railway RS Roberval and Saguenay CTRW Carlton Trail Railway Railway Company CMQR Central Maine & Québec CFRR Romaine River Railway Railway Company CEMR Central Manitoba Railway SFG Société du chemin de fer de la Gaspésie CN CN SSR South Simcoe Railway CFL Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Lanaudière SORR Southern Ontario Railway CP CP SRY Southern Railway of British Columbia CSXT CSX Transportation SLQ St. Lawrence & Atlantic EMRC Eastern Maine Railway Railroad (Québec) ETR Essex Terminal Railway SSR Stewart Southern Railway GEXR Goderich-Exeter Railway SCR Sydney Coal Railway GCRC Great Canadian Railtour TTR Toronto Terminals Railway Company Company GSR Great Sandhills Railway TTCI Train Touristique de Charlevoix GWR Great Western Railway TRC Trillium Railway Co. HBRY Hudson Bay Railway TRT Tshiuetin Rail Transportation HCRY Huron Central Railway UP Union Pacific Railroad KRC Keewatin Railway Company KFR Kettle Falls International VIA VIA Rail Canada Railway WCE West Coast Express KLT Knob Lake and Timmins Railway WP&YR White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad II Rail Trends 2017 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 2016 Absopulse Electronics Dominion Railway RailTerm Accuworx Services RB&C Maintenance Acrow Limited Drain-All of Way Alexander Holburn Elbow River Marketing Red River College Beaudin + Lang LLP Entretien ferroviaire Réparations ferroviaires Almita Piling Boivin Inc K.L.N. Amsted Rail Envirotec Services Resolute Forest Incorporated Products Atlantic Industries Limited Flood Risk Canada RTC Rail Solutions AvL Construction Group Forma-Train Sait Polytechnic Bayside Canadian GATX Rail Canada Sandy Cooke Consulting Railway Corporation Saskatchewan Grain Bombardier Gaz Propane Rainville Car Corporation Transportation GeoSolv Design/Build Services Passagers British Columbia Institute Gestion AFM-Séma Ferroviaires du Grand Montréal of Technology HDR Corporation SLR Consulting (Canada) CAD Railway Industries Hewitt Equipement Société du port Canada Heavy IBI Group Haul Railway United ferroviaire de Baie- Technologies Kenneth Peel Comeau - Haute-Rive Canadian Heartland Kevin McKinnon Soulanges Railway Services Training Railway Le Groupe Traq Services Stantec Marathon Drilling Co. Canadian Rail Research Suncor Energy Products Laboratory McCarthy Tétrault Partnership Canadian Urban Mecfor Supco Canada Railway Transit Association Montréal Port Authority Supply Group Cégep de Sept-Iles NARSTCO Terrapure Environmental CentrePort Canada North American Rail Tervita Consultants F. Drapeau Safety T-Rail Products Contrans Flatbed Group Ontario Steel Haulers TTX Railcar Canada CPCS Transcom Limited PNR Railworks Vidal Street Industrial Crescent Point Energy Power Drives Park CSTP Quantum Murray LP Wabtec Corporation Davanac Rail Cantech Whiting Equipment Canada Dillon Consulting Limited Rail Technology International X-Rail Signalisation Rail Trends 2017 III FOREWORD This is the 25th edition of Rail Trends, the Railway Association of Canada’s (RAC) annual report on the performance of Canada’s railway industry. This publication contains a rolling 10-year review of financial and statistical results, reflecting multiple aspects of railway performance in Canada.1 The data in Rail Trends is reported by RAC member companies: Class 1 and shortline freight railways, as well as tourist, intercity and commuter passenger rail service providers. Canadian Class 1 freight railways (CN and CP) account for the majority of freight rail activity in Canada. For that reason, most of the data presented in Rail Trends reflects Class 1 railway performance. While RAC represents the vast majority of non-Class 1 railways in Canada, it does not represent that entire sector. A detailed profile of railway industry performance by province is available upon request.2 The data in Rail Trends is categorized into the following sub-sections: • Safety • Freight traffic • Passenger transportation • Financial information, investments and taxes • Employment • Track and equipment Data reflects performance in Canada only. Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. A glossary of railway terms appears in Appendix A, conversion factors can be found in Appendix B and safety-specific definitions are provided in Appendix C. __________________ 1 In some cases, relative variations reflect a change in the way certain members report data. 2 Contact Enrique Rosales ([email protected]). IV Rail Trends 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMBER COMPANIES ...................................................II ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. III FOREWORD ...........................................................IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................1 STATISTICAL SUMMARY ................................................ 2 SAFETY ................................................................3 FREIGHT ...........................................................4 PASSENGER ...................................................... 5 CROSSING AND TRESPASSING ..................................... 6 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DANGEROUS GOODS .......................7 FREIGHT TRAFFIC ...................................................... 8 REVENUE TON-MILES, GROSS TON-MILES AND FREIGHT TRAIN-MILES ........................................ 8 CARLOADS ....................................................... 9 INTERMODAL TRAFFIC .............................................10 CARLOADS BY COMMODITY ....................................... 11 FREIGHT REVENUE BY COMMODITY. .12 AVERAGE LENGTH OF HAUL AND AVERAGE CARS PER FREIGHT TRAIN. .14 FREIGHT RATES .....................................................15 PRODUCTIVITY ......................................................16 FUEL CONSUMPTION AND COST .....................................17 PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION .........................................18 COMMUTER RAIL ....................................................18 INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL .........................................19 FINANCIAL INFORMATION, INVESTMENTS AND TAXES ...................20 OPERATING EXPENSES, REVENUES AND INCOME .....................20 INVESTMENTS. 22 TAXES .............................................................24 EMPLOYMENT ........................................................26 TRACK AND EQUIPMENT .............................................. 27 APPENDIX A — GLOSSARY. 28 APPENDIX B — CONVERSION FACTORS ................................29 APPENDIX C — SAFETY DEFINITIONS ...................................30 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While Canada’s railways operated in a challenging economic environment in 2016, the industry achieved its safest and greenest
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