CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTDCN
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 27, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 27, 2025
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Item 2. PROPERTIES
Network Geography
The Company operates on a network of approximately 20,000 miles of main track, of which the Company accesses 3,300 miles under trackage rights. The Company's track network represents the size of the Company's operations that connects markets, customers, and other railways. The Company’s network accesses the U.S. markets directly through five wholly-owned subsidiaries: Soo Line Railroad Company (“Soo Line”), a Class I railway operating in the U.S. Midwest; the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad ("DM&E"), which operates in the U.S. Midwest; Delaware & Hudson Railway Company, Inc., which operates between eastern Canada and the U.S. Northeast; the Central Maine & Quebec Railway U.S. Inc., which operates in the U.S. Northeast, and the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, which operates in the central and south-central U.S. KCS indirectly owns CPKCM which operates in northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Veracruz, Altamira and Tampico.
The Company’s network in Canada covers approximately 8,400 miles and extends from the Port of Vancouver on Canada’s Pacific Coast to the Port of Montréal, and eastern Québec and to the Port of Saint John via a haulage agreement. The U.S. network covers approximately 8,800 miles and extends through industrial centres of Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Buffalo and Albany, New York; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City, Missouri; and to the U.S. Gulf Coast with port access at Port Arthur, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama via agreement. The Company’s network in Mexico extends approximately 3,100 miles from the Laredo, Texas border crossing through Mexico City, with port access at Lázaro Cárdenas, Veracruz, Altamira, and Tampico.
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At December 31, 2024, the breakdown of the Company's operated track miles is as follows:
| Total | |
|---|---|
| First main track | 19,176 |
| Second and other main track | 1,165 |
| Passing sidings and yard track | 5,809 |
| Industrial and way track | 1,898 |
| Total track miles | 28,048 |
Rail Facilities
The Company operates numerous facilities including: terminals for intermodal, transload, automotive and other freight; classification rail yards for train-building and switching, storage-in-transit and other activities; offices to administer and manage operations; dispatch centres to direct traffic on the rail network; crew quarters to house train crews along the rail line; shops and other facilities for fuelling, maintenance and repairs of locomotives; and facilities for maintenance of freight cars and other equipment. The Company continues to invest in terminal upgrades and new facilities to accommodate incremental growth in volumes. Typically in all of our major yards, the Company's Police Services has offices to ensure the safety and security of the yards and operations.
Equipment
The Company's equipment includes: owned and leased locomotives and railcars; heavy maintenance equipment and machinery; other equipment and tools in our shops, offices and facilities; and vehicles for maintenance, transportation of crews, and other activities. In this section, owned equipment includes units acquired by the Company, equipment leased to third parties, units held under finance leases, and equipment leased to the Company under
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short-term or long-term operating leases.
The Company’s locomotive fleet is comprised of largely high-adhesion alternating current line haul locomotives that are more fuel efficient and reliable and have superior hauling capacity as compared with standard direct current locomotives. The Company has entered into locomotive leases in the past to ensure there is appropriate capacity to meet market demand. The Company’s locomotive productivity, defined as the daily average GTMs divided by daily average operating horsepower, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, was 165 and 171 GTMs per operating horsepower, respectively. Operating horsepower excludes units offline, tied up or in storage, or in use on other railways, and includes foreign units online. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 257 locomotives in storage. As of December 31, 2024, the Company owned or leased the following locomotive units:
| Locomotives | Owned | Leased | Total | Average Age (in years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line haul | 1,376 | 54 | 1,430 | 16 |
| Road Switcher | 760 | 3 | 763 | 38 |
| Yard Switcher | 49 | — | 49 | 51 |
| Total locomotives | 2,185 | 57 | 2,242 | 24 |
The Company’s average in-service utilization percentage for freight cars, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, was 79% and 81%, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the Company owned and leased the following freight cars:
| Freight cars | Owned | Leased | Total | Average Age (in years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box car | 3,974 | 1,022 | 4,996 | 31 |
| Covered hopper | 15,270 | 6,202 | 21,472 | 17 |
| Flat car | 1,660 | 1,386 | 3,046 | 29 |
| Gondola | 6,163 | 2,151 | 8,314 | 26 |
| Intermodal | 1,781 | 150 | 1,931 | 22 |
| Multi-level autorack | 6,137 | 2,811 | 8,948 | 16 |
| Company service car | 2,978 | 443 | 3,421 | 48 |
| Open top hopper | 227 | 20 | 247 | 32 |
| Tank car | 29 | 556 | 585 | 18 |
| Total freight cars | 38,219 | 14,741 | 52,960 | 22 |
As of December 31, 2024, the Company owned and leased the following units of intermodal equipment:
| Intermodal equipment | Owned | Leased | Total | Average age (in years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 10,467 | — | 10,467 | 6 |
| Chassis | 6,999 | 2,418 | 9,417 | 12 |
| Total intermodal equipment | 17,466 | 2,418 | 19,884 | 9 |
Headquarters Office Building
The Company's global headquarters in Calgary, Alberta is a multi-building campus encompassing the head office building, a data centre, training facility, and other office and operational buildings. The Company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Kansas City while Mexican headquarters are located in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and Mexico City.
The Company's main dispatch centre is located in Calgary, and is the primary dispatching facility in Canada. Rail traffic controllers coordinate and dispatch crews, and manage the day-to-day locomotive management across the network, 24 hours a day, and seven days a week. The operations centre has a complete backup system in the event of any power disruption.
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In addition to fully operational redundant systems, the Company has a fully integrated Business Continuity Centre, should the Company's operations centre be affected by any natural disaster, fire, cyber-attack, or hostile threat.
The Company also maintains dispatch centres in the U.S. and Mexico, located in Kansas City and Monterrey, respectively, to service the dispatching needs of locomotive and train crews working in the U.S. and Mexico, respectively.
Capital Expenditures
The Company incurs expenditures to expand and enhance its rail network, rolling stock, and other infrastructure. These expenditures are aimed at improving efficiency and safety of our operations. Such investments are also an integral part of the Company's multi-year capital program and support growth initiatives.
In 2024, the Company invested in capital expenditures of $2,825 million (2023 - $2,468 million), up 14% from the prior year mainly as a result of assets acquired as part of the KCS acquisition. For further details, refer to Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Liquidity and Capital Resources.
Encumbrances
Refer to Part II, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Note 16 Debt, for information on the Company's finance lease obligations and assets held as collateral under these agreements.
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