Expressway intermodal service adds capacity

TORONTO (June 21, 2002) — Canadian Pacific Railway announced a $3.5-million plan to add 50 cars to its Expressway operation, a scheduled, roll-on/roll-off intermodal service operating in the Montreal-Windsor, Ont., corridor.

The railroad said the investment would also include 4,000 feet of additional track at its Expressway terminal in Milton, Ont., which serves an area west of Toronto.

Twenty cars — actually refurbished flatcars — will enter service this fall on a Toronto-Detroit route, with the remainder will be delivered at the end of 2002 or early in 2003. One car is capable of carrying five 53-foot highway trailers.

Expressway offers two departures daily, six days a week connecting Montreal, Toronto, and Windsor/Detroit. The trains are made up of articulated cars that together form a continuous surface for roll-on/roll-off loading and unloading of truck trailers with little specialized equipment. Each train is can move up to 90 highway trailers.