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To: Alberta's Child
the merged CP-KCS will still be the smallest Class I railroad in North America.

Class I is a lot smaller than it was when I was young.

Florida East Coast would be Class I if revenues were consolidated with the transportation assets of its parent Groupo Mexico. I don't know that you could get there with just the FEC (Class II) and Texas Pacifico (Class III) assets in the US, but if so, it would be shorter.

20 posted on 03/23/2021 1:59:25 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

I don’t know if Class I is getting smaller, or the industry is just changing. I think a Class I railroad today has at least $250 million of annual revenue in 1992 dollars. It’s possible the current railroad business model makes it a bit easier for smaller railroads like the KCS hit that threshold.


21 posted on 03/23/2021 2:31:25 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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