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Ag Transport Coalition: rail performance a repeat of the previous week

The Ag Transport Coalition reports week 18 saw a repeat of the system performance seen in week 17, with CN and CPKC Rail combined supplying 87% of hopper cars ordered.

While system performance remained unchanged, performance did change for the two railways individually as compared to the prior week.

System performance remains below the 90% threshold for a second consecutive week, after eight straight weeks at or above that threshold.

In supplying 84% of cars ordered by shippers in week 18, CN saw performance decline from the 90% order fulfillment performance seen in week 17.

CN performance has now declined for three consecutive weeks, falling below the 90% threshold for the first time in ten weeks.

Meanwhile, in supplying 90% of shipper orders this week, CPKC saw performance improve from the 83% order fulfillment performance seen in week 17, and once again return to the 90% performance threshold.

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