CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 72% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 1, a notable decline from the 81% order fulfillment performance seen in week 53. 

In supplying 66% of cars ordered by shippers in week 1, CN performance declined from the 71% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week. 

This represents a third consecutive week of declining performance for CN. 

CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for the third straight week. 

CPKC performance also saw a notable decline this week with the railway supplying 79% of shipper orders in week 1 as compared to 92% the prior week. 

CPKC performance falls below the 90% performance threshold for the first time in sixteen weeks.