RAIL TRENDS 2016 www.railcan.ca TM Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut C a n a d a Hay River British Columbia KR Schefferville Churchill Newfoundland and Labrador Alberta Labrador City Prince Rupert CN HBRY QNSL Saskatchewan CFRR CN KCR CFA Quebec AMIC Sept-Îles Edmonton Manitoba SCFG PPrincerince SCR CTRW EEdwarddward Moosonee IIslandsland CP BRRBRR CN SSaskatoonaskatoon RS New Ontario Brunswick Moncton CCalgaryalgary CBNS CN CN Vancouver GSR LLMRMR ONR CN BSR NBSR BCR SRY RReginaegina CEMR QQuébecuébec BNSF KFR Halifax SSSRYSRY CFQG CMQ Nova CP CP CP NCR Scotia GWR WinnipegWinnipeg CFL SLQ Montréal Sherbrooke Thunder Bay SSudburyudbury HCRY OVR CSX Class 1 railways BCRY Shortline railways Toronto Passenger railways OBRY TTR GEXR PCHR CSX SOR OSR Detroit STER Windsor ETR RAC members as of Dec. 31, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-927520-05-5 Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut C a n a d a Hay River British Columbia KR Schefferville Churchill Newfoundland and Labrador Alberta Labrador City Prince Rupert CN HBRY QNSL Saskatchewan CFRR CN KCR CFA Quebec AMIC Sept-Îles Edmonton Manitoba SCFG PPrincerince SCR CTRW EEdwarddward Moosonee IIslandsland CP BRRBRR CN SSaskatoonaskatoon RS New Ontario Brunswick Moncton CCalgaryalgary CBNS CN CN Vancouver GSR LLMRMR ONR CN BSR NBSR BCR SRY RReginaegina CEMR QQuébecuébec BNSF KFR Halifax SSSRYSRY CFQG CMQ Nova CP CP CP NCR Scotia GWR WinnipegWinnipeg CFL SLQ Montréal Sherbrooke Thunder Bay SSudburyudbury HCRY OVR CSX Class 1 railways BCRY Shortline railways Toronto Passenger railways OBRY TTR GEXR PCHR CSX SOR 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 2016 I MEMBER COMPANIES 2015 6970184 Canada HCRY Huron Central Railway AMT Agence métropolitaine KRC Keewatin Railway de transport KFR Kettle Falls International Railway APR Alberta Prairie Railway KLTR Knob Lake and Timmins Excursions Railway AMTK Amtrak LMR Last Mountain Railway AMIC ArcelorMittal Mines Canada GO Metrolinx BCRY Barrie-Collingwood Railway NBSR New Brunswick Southern BRR Battle River Railway Railway BCR British Columbia Railway NCR Nipissing Central Railway BS Big Sky Rail NS Norfolk Southern Railway BNSF BNSF Railway ONR Ontario Northland Railway CBNS Cape Breton & Central OSR Ontario Southland Railway Nova Scotia Railway OBRY Orangeville-Brampton Railway CR Capital Railway OVR Ottawa Valley Railway CTRW Carlton Trail Railway PDCR Prairie Dog Central Railway CMQ Central Maine & Québec Quebec Gatineau Railway Railway CFQG QNSL Quebec North Shore and CEMR Central Manitoba Railway Labrador Railway CFC Charlevoix Railway CFRR Romaine River Railway CFA Chemin de fer Arnaud SCFG Société du chemin de fer CN CN de la Gaspésie CFL Compagnie du chemin SSR South Simcoe Railway de fer Lanaudière SOR Southern Ontario Railway CP Canadian Pacific SRY Southern Railway of British RS Compagnie du chemin de fer Columbia Roberval-Saguenay SLQ St. Lawrence & Atlantic CSX CSX Transportation Railroad EMRY Eastern Maine Railway SSRY Stewart Southern Railway ETR Essex Terminal Railway SCR Sydney Coal Railway GEXR Goderich-Exeter Railway TTR Toronto Terminals Railway RMR Great Canadian Railtour TSH Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Company VIA VIA Rail Canada GSR Great Sandhills Railway WCE West Coast Express GWR Great Western Railway WP&YR White Pass and Yukon Route HBRY Hudson Bay Railway Railroad II Rail Trends 2016 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 2015 Absopulse Electronics Hewitt Equipement Accuworx IBI Group Alexander Holburn Beaudin Kenneth Peel & Lang LLP Loram Almita Piling McCarthy Tétrault Amsted Rail Mecfor Atlantic Industries Limited Montréal Port Authority Bayside Canadian Railway NARSTCO BCIT Newalta Industrial Services Bombardier Transportation North American Rail Safety Canada Heavy Haul Railway United Technologies Ontario Steel Haulers Canadian Heartland Training PNR Railworks Railway Services Quantum Murray LP Canadian Rail Research Laboratory Rail Cantech Canadian Urban Transit Association Raildecks Céjep Sept-Iles RailTerm CentrePort Canada RB&C Maintenance of Way Consultants F. Drapeau Red Giant Oil Company Contrans Flatbed Group Red River College CPCS Transcom Limited Réparations ferroviaires K.L.N. Crescent Point Energy Resolute Forest Products CSTP RTC Rail Solutions Davanac Sandy Cooke Consulting Dominion Railway Services Secure Energy Drain-All SKF Lincoln Lubricators Elbow River Marketing Soulanges Railway Services Entretien Ferroviaire Boivin Stantec Envirotec Services Incorporated Supco Canada Railway Supply Group Ferus Natural Gas Fuels T-Rail Products FLO Components TTX Railcar Canada Forma-Train Vidal Street Industrial Park Gaz Propane Rainville Whiting Equipment Canada Gestion AFM-Séma X-Rail Signalisation HDR Engineering Rail Trends 2016 III TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMBER COMPANIES ...................................................II ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. III PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE .................................................1 FOREWORD ........................................................... 2 SAFETY ................................................................3 FREIGHT ...........................................................4 PASSENGER ...................................................... 5 CROSSING AND TRESPASSING ACCIDENTS ......................... 6 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DANGEROUS GOODS .......................7 FREIGHT TRAFFIC ...................................................... 8 REVENUE TON-MILES, GROSS TON-MILES AND FREIGHT TRAIN-MILES ........................................ 9 CARLOADS .......................................................10 INTERMODAL TRAFFIC ............................................. 11 CARLOADS BY COMMODITY .......................................12 FREIGHT REVENUE BY COMMODITY. .13 AVERAGE CARS PER FREIGHT TRAIN AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF HAUL ..................................15 RATES ..............................................................16 PRODUCTIVITY ......................................................17 FUEL CONSUMPTION AND COST .....................................18 PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION .........................................19 COMMUTER RAIL ...................................................20 INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL .........................................21 FINANCIAL INFORMATION, INVESTMENTS AND TAXES ...................22 OPERATING EXPENSES, REVENUES AND INCOME .....................22 INVESTMENTS. 24 TAXES .............................................................26 EMPLOYMENT ........................................................28 TRACK AND EQUIPMENT ..............................................29 APPENDIX A — GLOSSARY. 30 APPENDIX B — CONVERSION FACTORS .................................31 APPENDIX C — SAFETY DEFINITIONS ...................................32 IV Rail Trends 2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Canada’s railways had some remarkable achievements across all areas of railroading in 2015. The performance data contained in Rail Trends 2016 illustrates these accomplishments and more, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. In 2015, the industry launched a series of key safety improvements, especially in the areas of transparency, training and outreach. That year, Canada’s railways held more than 50 safety-related public meetings with mayors, city managers and First Nations chiefs from coast to coast, and shared information about the goods moving through 590 communities, to help first responders prepare and plan for a rail incident. In addition, the industry launched the AskRail™ mobile app, aimed at providing emergency responders with real-time information about a train’s railcar contents in the event of an emergency. Moreover, Canada’s railways trained more than 6,000 first responders, railway employees and industrial plant workers on dangerous goods handling and emergency response. This is on top of the more than 160 first responders that the industry sponsored to receive rail-specific dangerous goods training in Pueblo, Colo. and at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. In addition to these safety measures, our members continue to invest in technologies and initiatives to reduce fuel consumption and thus emit fewer greenhouse gases, and demonstrate that railways can be part of Canada’s climate change solution. Despite year-over-year declines in freight traffic in 2015, investment levels have remained high and rates have stayed low. These trends, combined with the industry’s safety and sustainability initiatives, show that Canada’s railways will continue to deliver exceptional service to their customers now and into the future. Sincerely, Michael Bourque President and Chief Executive Officer Railway Association of Canada Rail Trends 2016 1 FOREWORD This is the 24rd edition of Rail Trends, the Railway Association of Canada’s (RAC) annual report on the performance of Canada’s freight and passenger railways. This publication contains a rolling 10-year review of financial and statistical results, reflecting multiple aspects of railway performance in Canada. The data in Rail Trends comes from RAC members-companies – Class 1 and shortline freight railways, as well as tourist, intercity and commuter passenger rail service providers. In some cases, relative variations reflect a change in the way certain members report data. Canadian Class 1 freight railways (CN and CP) account for the majority of Canadian freight rail activity. For that reason, most of the data presented in Rail Trends reflects Class 1 carriers. While RAC represents the vast