Filed in Railroad Shipping
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
With the clock winding down, the ongoing dispute between railroad management and labor over contractual issues largely focused on health care and economic issues remains in flux.Posted on 11/29 at 03:03 PM
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News • Rail Freight • AAR • Railroad Shipping • Permalink
Monday, November 07, 2011
October carloads—at 1,215,627—were up 1.7 percent annually. And intermodal—at 975,566 trailers and containers—was up 3.6 percent compared to October 2010.Posted on 11/07 at 01:08 PM
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News • Container • Rail Freight • Intermodal • AAR • Railroad Shipping • Carload • Trailers • Permalink
Friday, October 28, 2011
Carload volume—at 301,864—was down 0.5 percent year-over-year and behind the week ending October 15, which hit 303,363.Posted on 10/28 at 10:51 AM
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News • Rail Freight • Intermodal • AAR • Railroad Shipping • Permalink
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
As it has done many times in the past, Class I railroad carrier CSX led off the rail earnings season with a strong performance, reporting record-setting third quarter earnings of $506 million and $0.43 per share.Posted on 10/19 at 01:14 PM
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News • Intermodal • Railroad Shipping • CSX • Permalink
Friday, October 14, 2011
Carload volume—at 302,500—was up 2.1 percent annually and was behind the week ending October 1, which hit 312,170 carloads, and is the highest weekly carload mark for 2011, according to AAR data.Posted on 10/14 at 09:47 AM
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News • Rail Freight • Intermodal • AAR • Railroad Shipping • Permalink
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Earlier this week, Class I rail carrier CSX announced that work it has made significant progress with its National Gateway project, with work either completed or construction underway at one-third of the National Gateway’s clearance projects.Posted on 10/13 at 10:27 AM
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News • Rail Freight • Intermodal • Railroad Shipping • CSX • Permalink
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
At a time when capacity tightness in some ways has become the new normal, the differences between fixed and variable capacity are different than they used to be in some ways, according to FTR Associates Partner Noel Perry.Posted on 10/11 at 12:50 PM
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News • Trucking • Supply Chain Management • Rail Freight • Railroad Shipping • HOS • CSCMP • CSA • Capacity • Permalink
Friday, September 30, 2011
The Western Coal Traffic League filed a petition with the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board (STB) requesting that the STB issue an order that would adjust the Uniform Railroad Costing System of Class I railroad carrier BNSF Railway Company.Posted on 09/30 at 12:53 PM
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News • Rail Freight • Railroad Shipping • BNSF • Consumers United for Rail Equity • Permalink
Carload volume—at 305,133—was up 1.1 percent annually and approached the week ending April 2, which hit 305,905 carloads, marking the highest weekly carload tally since the end of 2008.
Posted on 09/30 at 10:30 AM
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News • Rail Freight • Intermodal • AAR • Railroad Shipping • Permalink
Friday, September 16, 2011
Carload volume—at 278,382—was up 0.1 percent year-over-year and was down compared to the previous three weeks.Posted on 09/16 at 10:21 AM
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News • Rail Freight • Intermodal • AAR • Railroad Shipping • Permalink


