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Grain deliveries by Canada's two major railways strong in Week 10: Ag Transport Coalition

Week 10 saw system performance improve slightly for a fifth consecutive week with CN and CPKC Rail combined supplying 93% of hopper cars ordered, an improvement from the 92% order fulfillment performance seen in week 9.

System performance remains above the 90% threshold for the second consecutive week. 

That's according to the Ag Transport Coalition.

In supplying 96% of cars ordered by shippers in week 10, CN saw performance improve from the 92% order fulfillment performance in week 9. 

CN performance has now been above the 90% threshold for two straight weeks having improved performance for five straight weeks. 

CPKC saw performance decline slightly, with the railway supplying 91% of cars ordered by shippers, down slightly from the 93% order fulfillment performance seen in week 9. 

CPKC remains above the 90% performance threshold for a second straight week.

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