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Canadian Pacific Railway’s going to need a lot of steel, rock, wood and concrete to complete its $160 million capacity expansion program between the Canadian Prairies and Vancouver gateway — the Class I’s busiest corridor.

By the time CPR caps off the program during the fourth quarter, the railroad will have installed more than 530,000 feet of premium steel rail, 300,000 tons of rock ballast, and 137,000 wood and concrete ties. The program comprises 25 projects under which CPR will build or extend sidings, construct double track, improve signals, and install staging tracks and track-to-track crossovers.

The Class I is installing continuous-welded chrome-alloy rail on flat grades to support long, heavy trains. On mountain grades in the Rockies, the railroad is installing a premium, high-chromium-content rail designed to resist wear and fatigue under heavy loads and demanding operating conditions.

After the projects are complete, CPR will operate an additional four trains and 400-plus cars on the corridor daily to move bulk commodities and Asian export containers.