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Gauging rail’s key themes in 2020
Improving rail volumes and service are among the crucial issues to look out for as the railroads reveal their 2020 guidance in the coming days.
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What is Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR)?
Precision Scheduled Railroading, or PSR, is the operational method of running a railroad for maximum asset utilization by which freight movements are scheduled and managed…
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Today’s pickup: An option for slow-speed, low-altitude air transport; does PSR run afoul of rails’ common carrier obligations?
Lockheed Martin rolls out big, slow, low-altitude air transport vehicle' does Precision Scheduled Railroading run afoul of common carrier requirements?
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Commentary: The good and bad of precision scheduled railroading
Ben Thrower writes about the positive and negative aspects of precision scheduled railroading in this commentary article.
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Rail
Commentary: Short line railroads – custom high-growth freight service
Market View commentator Jim Blaze writes about the advantages short line railroads offer to shippers.
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Commentary: What’s the 2020 outlook for railroad capital expenditures?
Jim Blaze writes about the decisions that will go into determining 2020 capital expenditures by the freight railroads.
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Norfolk Southern taps Mongeau for board seat
Norfolk Southern announced that Claude Mongeau has been elected as a director. The former Canadian National Railway head may be viewed as an effort to…
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Rail
Commentary: What’s a rail freight KPI, and why care?
Market Voice Jim Blaze contents that railroads are using the wrong KPIs to increase volume and capture market share from trucks.
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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
Commentary: What’s in a railroad map?
As railroads cut less profitable routes, shippers should learn as much as possible about railroads plans for future service.
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