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Railroad
Commentary: The future of railway-hauled scrap metals
Jim Blaze writes about railroad movement of scrap - the market today and the future of the market.
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Railroad
Commentary: What’s the outlook for rail-hauled fracking sand and the rail construction aggregate markets?
Market expert Jim Blaze writes about the railroads' transportation of fracking sand, as well as stone and gravel, aggregates and…
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Canada
U.S. and European freight railroads are on different tracks
U.S. and European freight railroads are very different in many respects. Market analyst Jim Blaze gives insights about how the…
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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…
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News
Flashback Friday: the ICC & the railroads
The U.S. railroad industry was regulated - or stifled - by the ICC for nearly 100 years.
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News
Introduction to precision railroading, Part 2: Parsing the developments in recent earnings
Precision railroading has worked, but consistent success has been elusive.
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