The number of coal carloads that US railroads originated for the week ending Saturday totaled 113,414, down 0.6% from the prior week, but up 3% from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. For the ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday mixed US rail traffic for the month of February 2014, with carload volume decreasing and intermodal volume increasing compared with February 2013. Intermodal traffic in February ...
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US railroads are rerouting ethanol shipments to avoid bottlenecks in Chicago, particularly for delivery to the East Coast, where supplies are running low, rail company officials said Thursday. David Garin, BNSF's vice president of ...
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Keeping the Stockroom on Track in Less Floor Space Founded in 1961, Plasser American Corp. continues to serve the nation's freight railroads and high speed intercity and commuter systems. The product line includes an entire range of ...
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Intermodal rail volume for February rose 1.1% compared with the same time last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Intermodal volume rose to 993,807 units in February, the 51st consecutive year-over-year monthly ...
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U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 6.4% in the week ended Feb. 22 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved 253,358 intermodal trailers and containers that week, AAR said ...
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US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined President Barack Obama Wednesday to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the US Department of ...
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U.S. rail intermodal traffic declined 5.7% in the week ended Feb. 15 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved 236,625 intermodal trailers and containers that week, AAR said ...
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Railcar manufacturer FreightCar America estimates there were 16,500 coal cars in storage at the end of 2013, the lowest level since early 2012, the company said Wednesday. Reporting its quarterly earnings, the Chicago-based company said ...
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U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 0.6% in the week ended Feb. 8 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved 246,114 intermodal trailers and containers that week, AAR said Feb. 13 ...
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The weekly average intermodal rail volume for January rose to the highest level on record for the month, the Association of American Railroads reported. Intermodal volume reached a weekly average of 236,657 units in January, and total ...
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued recommendations Jan. 23 to improve the transportation of crude oil by rail on both sides of the border. The safety boards made three ...
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U.S. rail intermodal traffic declined 8.2% in the week ended Jan. 11 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved about 236,000 intermodal trailers and containers AAR said in its ...
This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. Two years ago, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote a much-discussed piece on the ...
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Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News U.S. intermodal shipments by rail grew 4.8% in the week ended Jan. 4 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Traffic grew to 186,875 units, AAR said in its ...
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