Canada's two largest railways moved a record 15.4 million tonnes of grain in the final three months of 2019.
Calgary-based Canadian Pacific set a new quarterly record by moving 7.9 million tonnes of grain and grain products. That's up from 7.5 million tonnes a year earlier and 100,000 tonnes more than Canadian National Railway's shipment record in the fourth quarter of 2018.
CP Rail says it set a company monthly record in November by moving 2.74 million tonnes, while October was its second-best month at 2.66 million tonnes and it had its best December with 2.5 million tonnes. The 2019 calendar year, which includes two crop years, CP Rail moved a record 27 million tonnes of grain, while CN moved 26.6 million tonnes, compared with 26.8 million set in 2018.
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