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Grain By Train
Every week, we break down how rail performance is impacting the movement and export of Western Canadian Grain.
Episodes
89 episodes
Playing Catch Up
Greg and Milt recap rail performance for grain weeks 33-36. Tune into this week's episode of Grain by Train to hear what's contributing to the railway's best performances going back to August and the patterns in improving order fulfillment head...
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Spring Brings New Challenges
Greg and Milt recap rail performance for grain weeks 30 - 32. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear how the warm spring weather brings better rail performance and what the forecast looks like for the upcoming weeks.
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A Smaller Hill to Climb
Greg and Milt recap rail performance for grain weeks 27-29. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear how the railways are regaining control of demand and their strategies to ensure trends continue to head in the right direction.
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A Month of Ups and Downs
Greg and Milt return to recap rail performance for grain weeks 23-26. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear about the backlog of orders, volatility, and how the weather has affected performance.
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New Year & New Opportunities
A new year and grain week 22 is here! Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt recap performance in weeks 20, 21, and 22 and discuss the forecast ahead as both railways try and recover from two of the worst weeks fo...
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Trending Down
Grain week 19 sees demand trending down going into the colder months. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss idle car counts, winter operating plans, and both railways’ potential for recoverability to help...
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A Critical Time For Railways
Grain week 17 railway performance stays consistent with previous weeks as winter operations and restrictions continue to dictate service levels. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss the impending closure...
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The System Slows Down
Grain week 16 rail performance takes a dip, with one railway's performance failing to meet the return of higher demand levels. Tune into this week's episode of Grain By Trian to hear Greg and Milt discuss how both railways are dealing with the ...
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Demand Management and Industry Expectations
Grain weeks 13, 14, and 15 performance is settling into a pattern, and both railways are managing their demand. Tune into this week's episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss the fair weather rail performance and the realistic ex...
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The Mountain Continues to Grow
Grain weeks 11 and 12 performance was split, with one railway struggling to meet rising demand. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss the performance of the supply chain and what the future looks like hea...
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Order Rationing and Traffic Volumes
Grain weeks 9 and 10 show consistency in rail performance, but orders continue to pile up. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss the need for both railways to meet demand and avoid order rationing in the ...
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A Compounding Problem
Grain week 8 sees rail performance dip, and outstanding orders pile up. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss the increase in demand and the potential consequences of performance trending downwards.
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Episode 7
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How Will an Increase in Demand Constrain Capacity?
Grain week 7 sees both railways’ performance dip, but demand is growing. Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss how the increase in demand will affect rail performance and what to expect in the next few we...
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Episode 6
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Labour Disruption in the U.S.
Grain week 5 sees volumes ramping up significantly, but with a potential strike or lockout in the U.S. coming later this week, will rail performance suffer in Canada? Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt discuss...
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Episode 5
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Good Performance, But Demand Not Yet On Track
Grain week 4 brings a lack of demand but is a surge on the horizon? Tune into this week’s episode of Grain By Train to hear Greg and Milt Discuss rail performance and forecast for this year’s crop.
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Episode 4
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How will the railways handle an upcoming test?
Greg and Milt cover Week 3 performance, review CP's annual grain plan and take a look at what's coming up that might present the first real challenge to the system this year.
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Episode 3
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CN's Grain Plans
Despite a detailed list of recommendations for improvement from the Ag Transport Coalition, both railways still have lots of room to improve the information they provide in their grain plans. Greg and Milt dive deep into CN’s grain plan and cap...
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Episode 2
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A Strong Start or Low Demand?
Week 1 of the new grain year is in the books, and both railways started it off with solid numbers. But is it strong performance or simply low demand? Greg and Milt look ahead at the next few weeks and give a quick run-down on the newly released...
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Episode 1
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The End of The Grain Year, and Harvest Ahead
Grain Week 52 is over, and Canada is heading into a new grain year. On this week's episode, Greg and Milt look back over CN and CP's performance throughout the past year and dive into what lies ahead as harvest approaches.
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Both CN and CP are set to release their annual grain plans on August 1. Greg and Milt return to cover what improvements the industry needs to see this year, plus give a recap of performance over the past 12 weeks in this week's episode of Grain...
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Episode 35
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For Better or Worse?
For week 42, Greg and Milt touch on rail performance across the country, then dive right into the newly proposed service and performance indicators from Transport Canada and how they could change how rail performance is recorded.
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Episode 34
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A Milestone for the Current Grain Year
For week 41, Greg and Milt discuss the best rail performance we’ve seen in the current grain year and give a preview of the upcoming Railway Service and Performance Indicators publication in this week’s episode of Grain by Train.
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Episode 33
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The start of a slide? Or a bump in the road?
Week 40 sees CN’s performance dip in Alberta, but CP remains consistent. Join Greg and Milt as they discuss CN’s unsteady performance across the provinces on this week’s episode of Grain by Train.
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Episode 32
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Good is great. But good and consistent is better.
After months of inconsistency, both railways have found their stride with a comfortable level of consistency, but demand remains low. For week 39, Greg and Milt break down rail performance across the provinces and look ahead at what to expect i...
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Episode 31
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The best-combined performance in months
Both railways moved in the same direction in week 37 - posting their best combined performance since November. But the correlation between demand and performance remains a mystery. Greg and Milt break down the latest on this week's Grain by Tra...
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Episode 30
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