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Intermodal Summit: Precision scheduled railroading ‘all about doing more with less’
Train engineer Matt Parker of the BLET discusses why precision scheduled railroading isn’t about precision, but about profits.
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Rail
Biden order charges STB to examine rail competition
President Joe Biden’s order last week calls upon the Surface Transportation Board to examine hot topics among rail shippers, including reciprocal switching. The challenge will…
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Rail
Democrats want look at precision scheduled railroading’s impact
Democratic leaders with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure want the General Accountability Office to examine the effects that precision scheduled railroading has had…
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Rail
Rail shippers give policy wish list for 2021
Rail shippers discuss what issues they would like to see addressed in 2021. Among them: further action by the Surface Transportation Board and Congress on…
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Trucking Regulation
DOT may not be ready to take on automation safety
Cybersecurity skills are among the gaps identified in GAO review of DOT’s workforce.
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Rail
COVID-19 uncertainties, PSR part II: What’s on the minds of rail execs
Train lengths, improving network velocity and coronavirus uncertainties are among the big themes expressed by Class I railroad executives at a recent investor conference.
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Rail
Shippers, unions, railroads take sides at Senate hearing
Rail stakeholders debate the legacy of precision scheduled railroading and the common carrier obligation.
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Business
Commentary: A customer checklist for reading railroads’ third-quarter reports
Genuflecting toward Wall Street has symbolically become part of the North American Class 1 rail company culture.
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Rail
Cargill urging regulators to seek last-mile metrics from railroads (with video)
Brad Hildebrand discussed Cargill’s reliance on dependable rail service during FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
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American Shipper
Commentary: Intermodal missed signals? Fumbling so close to the growth goal line?
Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.
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