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Railroad
Rail customers air grievances on railroad billing tactics
Regulators frustrated by carriers’ lack of candor in justifying service fees
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Railroad
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…
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Modes
Eastern U.S. railroads eye foothold in e-commerce
Executives with eastern railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern expressed confidence this week that they can compete alongside trucks for e-commerce…
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Modes
Rail equipment sector eyes mergers, lease renewal rates
A number of rail equipment lessors and manufacturers have been merging and consolidating in recent months as a way to…
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Company earnings
Warren Buffett open to precision railroading
Berkshire Hathway (NYSE: BRK) chairman and CEO Warren Buffett said he would be willing to consider some form of precision…
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News
Norfolk Southern poised to start next stage of new operating plan
Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) expects to have the next stage of its new operating plan in place by the end…
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News
Greenbrier seeks to bolster North American rail manufacturing assets
The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) is planning to buy the manufacturing arm of American Railcar Industries as a way to…
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Economics
Show us the shipper benefits of Precision Scheduled Railroading
Market expert Jim Blaze questions the benefits to-date of precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Read his views on how railroads could…
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News
Should the rail industry look beyond operating ratio?
With almost all of the Class I railroads transitioning to precision scheduling railroading (PSR), an operational model that emphasizes running…
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News
Shortline railroads essential to the success of precision railroading
Precision scheduled railroading (PSR) can’t succeed if the Class I railroads aren’t able to fold the shortline railroads into the…
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