The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that total US rail traffic was mixed for July 2013, with intermodal setting a new July record for average weekly volume and carload volume decreasing slightly overall compared ...
Tags: Railroad Carloads, Steel
US rail transport of petroleum and petroleum products in the week ended Saturday totaled 13,203 cars, up 19.7% from the corresponding week in 2012, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. In the first 28 weeks of 2013, ...
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that US monthly rail traffic showed mixed results in April 2013. Intermodal traffic in April 2013 totaled 962,019 containers and trailers, up 1.6 percent (15,053 units) compared ...
Genesee & Wyoming, the largest shortline holding company in the US, reported a 4% year-on-year increase in coal and coke shipments in the first quarter largely because of higher domestic demand for thermal coal, said the company Wednesday ...
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The Association of American Railroads reported Thursday that in March 2013, intermodal traffic totaled 933,208 containers and trailers, up 0.5 percent compared with March 2012. That percentage increase represents the smallest year-over-year ...
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Russia-based steelmaking and mining giant Evraz has announced that it has successfully completed the preliminary qualifications required to become a supplier of railway wheels for the German national railway company Deutsche Bahn. As a ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday intermodal traffic in February 2013 totaled 983,078 containers and trailers, up 10.5 percent (93,231 units) compared with February 2012. That percentage increase represents the ...
Despite declines in its coal volumes, Kansas City Southern swung to a fourth quarter and year-end profit, partly on growth in shipments of crude oil and frack sand, executives of the railroad said Tuesday. "The growth in crude and ...
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The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday declines in weekly rail traffic for the week ending January 5,2013,with US railroads originating 241,682 carloads,down 12.1 percent compared with the same week last year.Intermodal ...
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US rail transportation of petroleum products last week increased 53.6% year-on-year, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Petroleum products carloads increased to 11,594 in the most recent week, from 8,007 carloads in ...
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The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday mixed 2012 rail traffic compared with 2011.Combined North American rail volume for 2012 on 13 reporting US,Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 19,440,940 carloads,down 2 percent ...
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US railroads in 2012 hauled less coal, by far the largest commodity to travel by rail, but made gains in other commodity groups, such as petroleum products, which saw growth of more than 46%, according to annual traffic data released ...
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Network World-If it is left to the politicians,the door to the nation's utilities might be left open.Almost telling terrorists,like in those motel commercials,"We'll leave the light on for you." The ironic part is that a terrorist attack ...
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A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by Google Maps in 2005. Today, it seems ...
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The Journal Gazette reported that state and Whitley County officials have approved more than USD 1.2 million in tax breaks on Steel Dynamics Inc's planned USD 27 million investment at its Columbia City operation. The project, announced ...
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