CALGARY, May 26 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX/NYSE: CP) announced
that the sale of its Latta Subdivision to Indiana Rail Road Co. closed today.
The proposed sale was approved by the Surface Transportation Board in a
decision that was effective May 11, 2006.
The Latta Subdivision consists of 92.3 miles of track from Fayette, which
is near Terre Haute, to Bedford, Ind. The sale includes trackage rights over
CSX from Chicago to Terre Haute and from Bedford to Louisville, Ky. Indiana
Rail Road Co. will take over all rail operations on the line starting May 27,
2006.
Canadian Pacific Railway is a transcontinental carrier operating in
Canada and the U.S. Its 14,000-mile rail network serves the principal centres
of Canada, from Montreal to Vancouver, and the U.S. Northeast and Midwest
regions. CPR feeds directly into America’s heartland from the East and West
coasts. Alliances with other carriers extend its market reach throughout the
U.S. and into Mexico. Canadian Pacific Logistics Solutions provides logistics
and supply chain expertise worldwide. Canadian Pacific Railway is marking its
125th anniversary in 2006. For more information, visit CPR’s website at
www.cpr.ca.
Indiana Rail Road Co.(INRD)'s primary businesses include transporting
coal from southwestern Indiana and the Powder River Basin in Wyoming to
several online coal-fired electric utilities. The company also ships products
for Marathon Ashland’s refinery at Robinson, Ill., refrigerators from General
Electric’s plant in Bloomington, Ind., and moves raw materials into the
Hershey chocolate plant in Robinson. Other commodities handled include lumber,
plastics, aggregates, food products, scrap metal and recyclables as well as
grain and grain products. For more information, visit www.inrd.com
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