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BNSF Railway Co. last week acquired 3,508 acres in the Phoenix region with plans to develop it as its Western hub.

U.S. freight railroads, on average, move 1 ton of freight more than 480 miles per gallon of fuel.

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1997: “Comparing our project to the Panama Canal is to confuse an apple with an orange,” New York lawyer Don M. Bosco said. “Our competition won’t be the canal. Instead, we intend to take significant business from the 3,000-mile U.S. landbridge system.”

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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 efforts.

1998: The Surface Transportation Board has approved the division of Conrail between Norfolk Southern and CSX, which will be left in control of most railroad traffic in the eastern half of the United States.

The U.S. rail network comprises nearly 140,000 miles of track, broken into three main categories.

Freight trains can carry a multitude of cargo, with car variations to serve each type.

1963: Trucks have moved into the lead as the primary mode of transportation for Florida’s half billion dollar citrus and vegetable crops.

Jason Miller, associate professor at the Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business, paints a bearish picture.

1972: Tropicana is now exporting around 70,000 shipping tons annually with 90% going to Western Europe.

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 modal share growth is still fundamentally the real strategic challenge for the seven Class 1 North American railroads.  Profitability remains excellent.  Net cash flow? Down a bit during the second quarter […]

About 25% of the total railcar fleet is in storage of one kind or another. Jim Blaze writes about best practices of rail storage.

The cost to build a railroad is staggering. Jim Blaze gives an overview of the costs involved in such an endeavor.