railroad automation
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Sustainability
5 rail sustainability trends for 2021
Railroads are leveraging automation and evaluating assets to improve fuel efficiency. Corporate climate goals are on the rise as railroads increase their conservation and emission-reducing…
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Intermodal
Commentary: Will railroads grow organically or just recover?
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. That search for…
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Rail
Commentary: Positive Train Control costs Alaska Railroad… does it add value?
Darren Prokop explains why Positive Train Control - a positive safety measure for "Lower 48" railroads - doesn't make sense for the Alaska Railroad.
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Rail
Commentary: CSX offers the first trip compliance reporting
Jim Blaze explains the new CSX trip compliance reporting... perhaps the first step for railroads to compete more effectively with the trucking industry.
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Rail
Commentary: CSX beta test trip plans score card introduced
Jim Blaze writes about the competitiveness of railroads vs. trucks and the railroads' lack of interoperability.
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Asia-Pacific
Rio Tinto’s autonomous trains can’t work in North America…yet
Autonomous trains might be fully running in remote Australia, but it will take awhile before those kinds of trains will be rolling down the North…
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Equipment
Will rail freight service benefit from better technology?
Precision scheduled railroading and positive train control can help railroads improve service, safety and profits. Learn how in Jim Blaze’s piece.
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Economics
Railroads look to PTC to shake out more capacity
Positive Train Control isn’t just about safety anymore as the railroads revisit how the technology can generate capacity and save money.
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