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Rail
Short-line railroads offer an appealing investment opportunity even amid pandemic
Private equity funds and other investors are scouring 35,000 miles of North American short-line rail track for deals even as the industry sees one of…
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Rail
Rail Industry positioned for resilience despite coronavirus toll
North American railroad leaders believe that the industry is resilient and have reported ongoing demand for rail services.
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Economics
Rail shippers seek transload sites even as volumes still weak
As truck-plus-rail becomes increasingly popular, shippers need to find sites where the modes meet.
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Rail
Railcar backlogs turning upward as sand, grain shipments slow
Grain may return with trade growth, but frac sand in structural change.
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Rail
Low prices and high waters backing coal railcars into storage
Historic flooding in the Midwest and poor demand from electric utilities are stranding coal hoppers west of the Mississippi, pushing up prices for storing railcars.…
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Rail
Railroad’s shift to PSR model puts storage, railcar onus on shippers
For years, shippers have tapped spare capacity of railcars and tracks as a low-cost option for storing and staging bulk commodities. But the widespread adoption…
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Container
Forwarders on notice as new tools put freight in hands of shippers
Pricing, procuring and planning ocean and rail freight was for years a dark art practiced by a cabal of freight forwarders and logistics professionals. But…
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