Cando Rail & Terminals

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Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd. (Commonly referred to simply as Cando, reporting mark CCGX) is a railroad contractor headquartered in Brandon, Manitoba, founded in 1978 by Gord Peters and Rick Hammond. Cando offers several services, including industrial switching, material handling, logistics, terminal and transload services, engineering and track services, railcar storage, railcar repair and short line operations.{{cite web|url=http://www.candorail.com/who-we-are/|title=Who We Are - Cando Rail Services|publisher=}} The short line operations include the Central Manitoba Railway and Barrie Collingwood Railway.{{cite web|url=http://www.candorail.com/services/short-line-operations/|title=Short Line Operations - Cando Rail Services|publisher=}}{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2023 |title=Cando Adds 12th Rail Terminal |url=https://www.railwayage.com/news/cando-adds-12th-rail-terminal/ |website=railwayage.com}}

In 2017, Deloitte Canada named Cando as one of "Canada's Best Managed Companies" for 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/canadas-best-managed-companies/articles/best-managed-new-winners-2017.html|title=Best Managed new winners - Canada's Best Managed Companies - Deloitte Canada|website=Deloitte Canada}}

History

Gord Peters and Rick Hammond founded Cando Contracting Ltd. in 1978, as a small rail line dismantling and salvage company in Manitoba. They would remove pieces of track and sell the materials. Gord's father Art and brother Doug were also a big part of the company's success in the early years.{{cite web|url=http://www.candorail.com/about-us/company-history/|title=Company History - Cando Rail Services|publisher=}}

Cando's first contract was for two abandoned rail lines near Tilston, Manitoba for Canadian Pacific, who at the time was abandoning smaller subdivisions in order to focus on east–west traffic across Canada. Gord and Rick bid on the jobs while having no equipment or experience. When, to their surprise, they got both jobs, Gord drove home with a loan from his father, and started Cando Contracting Ltd.

In 1996, the company established an Employee Ownership Program, and in 2017 Cando said that over 80% of the company is owned by present and retired employees.{{Cite web |url=http://www.candorail.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Cando_view_book_web.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113094431/http://www.candorail.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Cando_view_book_web.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-13 |url-status=dead }}

In 1999, Cando bought the Carman and Pine Falls Subdivisions, two recently abandoned Manitoba branch lines, from Canadian National, and started the Central Manitoba Railway.{{cite web|url=http://www.candorail.com/cemr/|title=Central Manitoba Railway - Cando Rail Services|publisher=}}

In 2013, Cando changed its name from Cando Contracting Ltd. to Cando Rail Services Ltd., and changed its logo. Cando also changed the livery for locomotives that it owned.

In April 2021, the company changed their name again, to Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd.{{cite web|url=https://www.candorail.com/corporatenamechange/ |title=Cando Rail & Terminals|publisher=}}

Locations

While Cando first started in Manitoba, and is headquartered in Brandon, they now exist at over 25 sites across Canada, and parts of the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.candorail.com/about-us/cando-locations/|title=Cando Locations - Cando Rail Services|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/n-america/single-view/view/cando-rail-opens-kamloops-site.html|title=Cando Rail opens Kamloops site|first=DVV Media International|last=Ltd|publisher=}}

In January 2016, Cando announced that it purchased the former Weyerhaeuser sawmill property on Mission Flats Road in Kamloops with the intention to turn it into 1000 spots of railcar storage, 80,000 feet of track and engineering and mechanical servicing areas.{{cite web|url=http://cfjctoday.com/article/508286/new-kamloops-rail-terminal-could-employ-hundreds|title=New Kamloops rail terminal "could employ hundreds"|date=14 January 2016|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/freight/switching/cando-rail-services-expanding-into-bc.html|title=Cando Rail Services expanding into B.C. - Railway Age|date=15 January 2016|publisher=}} Cando opened phase one of the rail terminal in May 2017. The terminal also serves as their B.C. headquarters.{{cite web|url=https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/Cando-Rail-opens-terminal-in-British-Columbia--51565|title=Rail News - Cando Rail opens terminal in British Columbia. For Railroad Career Professionals|website=Progressive Railroading}}

Gallery

File:CCGX 4000, CCGX 4208 at St. James Jct.jpg|CCGX 4000 and CCGX 4208 at St. James Jct.

Image:Cando4206andCEMR4002.png|CCGX 4206 and CEMR 4002, bring a freight train into Winnipeg, Manitoba

Image:CandoCaboose.png|CCGX 200001 on a Canadian National Family Day Train on September 9, 2017

References

External links

Category:1978 establishments in Manitoba

Category:Rail transport in Canada