The respective pursuits of Class I railroad carrier Kansas City Southern (KCS) by Calgary-based Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) and its Canadian counterpart Montreal-based Canadian National have come to a stop on the tracks with CP and KCS announcing on September 15 they reached an agreement in which CP will acquire KCS for $31 billion, in a stock and cash transaction, which includes the assumption of $3.8 billion of outstanding KCS debt.
Source: logistics Mgmt
CP and KCS come to terms on merger to combine into first North American single-line network
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