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Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading May 2012

First-quarter railroad earnings analysis: Growth in shale, chemicals, autos, steel and intermodal traffic offset coal decline — by Tony Hatch

Railroad coal traffic update: Domestic volumes are down, but demand for export coal is up

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading April 2012

Tracking the infrastructure message; RailTrends to present Tea Leaves 2012 webcast — by Pat Foran

Railroading in the Laboratory: Recapping TTCI's 17th Annual AAR Research Review

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading March 2012

Sustainability: Class I railroads are taking bigger footsteps toward shrinking their environmental footprint

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading February 2012

Rail car leasing: 'Same old, same old' as the new paradigm — by Toby Kolstad

Ridership: For transit agencies, the 'operate and they will come' mantra is giving way to a marketing-based approach

Q4: All in all, it's just another brick in the 'renaissance' wall

For the rail finance and leasing sector, a promising year ahead

Town hall, Twitter style: TriMet turns to social media to obtain public input on budget issues

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading January 2012

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading December 2011

Rail-car delivery forecast for 2012 from Rail Theory Forecasts' Toby Kolstad

Gas exploration and drilling in the Marcellus Shale means more traffic for Class Is, short lines

The year ahead, intermodal as royalty and a new high-speed rail outlook report — by Pat Foran (Context, December 2011)

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading November 2011

Marcellus Shale gas exploration, ethanol production net new-business growth for Norfolk Southern

RailTrends 2011: The Growth Story Retold

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading October 2011

Passenger Rail At a Glance 2011: Transit Trends

Preview: RailTrends 2011 - by Tony Hatch

Opening the communication floodgates — by Pat Foran (Context, October 2011)

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading September 2011

With rails, it's all about the secular - by Tony Hatch

Class I railroads redouble efforts to recruit former servicemen and women

A certain vitality on display — by Pat Foran (Context, September 2011)

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading August 2011

Thinking 'growth' after the first debt-ceiling dance — by Pat Foran (Context, August 2011)

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading July 2011

Fleet Stats 2011: Freight car, locomotive and passenger rail car data

Notes from the North American Rail Shippers Association's 2011 annual meeting - by Tony Hatch

A fare deal: GCRTA, police union agree to tie pay raises to revenue increases

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading June 2011

Workers Wanted: Railroads on target to hire 15,000 this year

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading May 2011

Inside the complexities of rail-car fleet renewal — by Toby Kolstad

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading April 2011

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading March 2011

Transit operations: Service providers compete for passenger-rail business

The sound of one agency's budget deficit struggle; Mike Haverty to receive 'Railroad Innovator Award' from Progressive Railroading; To Warren Buffett, BNSF buy is Berkshire Hathaway's top 2010 highlight — by Pat Foran (Context, March 2011)

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading February 2011

Rail finance and leasing: Seeking signs of sustenance, post recession

Rail car leasing: For most rail-car lessors, happier days are here again (by Toby Kolstad)

Workforce: Rail transit agencies seek to ramp up recruitment efforts

PTC: Cause, effect and the implementation of change; From capex to FedEx, January was a momentum-building month — by Pat Foran (Context, February 2011)

What are the key issues facing the rail finance/leasing sector in 2011?

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading January 2011

Social media: Transit agencies connect with riders in new ways

For transits, the new-media medium is the message; Mica to chair House T&I Committee; Sneider joins Progressive Railroading staff — by Pat Foran (Context, January 2011)

Freight Locomotive Market Update

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading December 2010

Rail-Car Deliveries in 2011

Going with the in-flux flow (Outlook 2011) and Class I workforce data (Context, December 2010)

Passenger Rail Outlook 2011 - 'Still a Little Tenuous'

'Certainty is what drives investment' — AAR's Ed Hamberger

Short-Line Outlook 2011

Rail Outlook: 2011

Rail Outlook 2011: Preface

Class I Outlook: 'Year of Opportunity'

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading November 2010

Class Is cultivate existing partnerships - and forge new ones - with training centers, colleges and universities

Tony Hatch: RailTrends 2010 recap

Message sending in the age of surface scratching, Mexico's rail traffic recovery (and more) and the League of Railway Industry Women's 'Outstanding Woman of the Year' — by Pat Foran (Context, November 2010)

Passenger Rail at a Glance: Transit Trends

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading October 2010

Has intermodal container business truly turned the corner?

Intermodal's enigmatic fall colors, AARS announces Richter scholarship winners and In Memoriam: Marilyn Tonn — by Pat Foran (Context, October 2010)

The rail car market — by Toby Kolstad (September 2010)

Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading September 2010

Union Pacific and the importance of being nimble, rails and recovery (and indicators of same), and new Progressive Railroading sales rep Jimmy Morgan — by Pat Foran (Context, September 2010)

Fleet Stats 2010: Freight car, locomotive and passenger rail car data

Green short lines: Short-line railroads and environmental stewardship

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading August 2010

In the sourcing supply chain, diversity is a strength, purchasing execs say

Context - by Pat Foran (July 2010)

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading July 2010

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading June 2010

Rail-car market: What's in store on the storage and surplus fronts - by Toby Kolstad

9th Annual MOW Survey - Preface

Context by Pat Foran (April 2010)

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading April 2010

Class Is keep the corporate diversity flame burning

Context by Pat Foran (March 2010)

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading March 2010

Rail finance and leasing: Limping toward a lingering sense that there's light at the end of the tunnel

Toby Kolstad: Who'll fund the next rail-car investment wave?

Context - by Pat Foran (February 2010)

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading February 2010

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading January 2010

Rail Outlook: 2010

Preface: Inching toward a new normal

Class I outlook: A gradual recovery's in the offing, CEOs say

Short Lines: They'll eye the economy, potential 'regulatory tsunami'

Rail Cars: 15,000 cars in 2010

Transit outlook: High unemployment, low retail sales could make 2010 even more difficult than 2009, agency execs say

High-Speed Rail: States won't have to wait too much longer for federal funds

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading November 2009

Passenger Rail at-a-Glance: Transit Trends

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading: October 2009

RailTrends '09 - Rethinking Rail Strategies for a Changed World

Touchstones, Guidance and Guesswork in Troubled Times

Context: September 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading: September 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading: August 2009

It might take two years for car demand to strengthen, Kolstad says

Context: July 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading: July 2009

The risk of not properly managing risk when recession rules — By Toby Kolstad

With 5,000 locomotives in storage, Class Is won’t be placing power orders any time soon

Context: June 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading, May 2009

Tony Hatch: In these confusing times, rails are thinking strategically

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading May 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading April 2009

Study: The Impact of Higher Fuel Costs on Rail Carload and Intermodal Marketshare

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading March 2009

Resignation and Recovery in the Rhetorical World of Rail Finance

Tony Hatch: Capacity Crisis Could Emerge as Top Recovery Issue for Freight Shippers

Toby Kolstad: Inauspicious Beginnings, Uncertain Endings & the Prospects for a New Lease on Lease Life

Context: February 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading February 2009

Context: January 2009

Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading January 2009

INTRO: '09 Outlook: Rail & Reconstruction

President-Elect Obama Could Champion Crucial Rail Industry Causes, Labor Unions and Associations Say

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ‘Best Operating Practices’ course focuses on rail operations basics, core management skills

Toby Kolstad: How Low Can Rail-Car Deliveries Go in ’09? Try 31,500

Context: December 2008

Context: November 2008

Industry trends from Progressive Railroading November 2008

Context: October 2008

Industry Trends: From Progressive Railroading October 2008

National Rail Program, Capacity Expansion Funding Must be Addressed in Next Transportation Bill, BNSF’s Rose Tells AASHTO Crowd

OnTrackAmerica.Org aims to facilitate dialogue across the great infrastructure planning divide

Tony Hatch: RailTrends in tune with ‘renaissance’ themes

Shades of Green

Class Is draft sustainability programs with one eye on stewardship and the other on entrepreneurship

Transit agencies kick their environmental efforts up a notch as they strive to become green leaders

Context: August 2008

A rhetorical search for a rail 'policy'

Overcoming obstacles job No. 1 for next 50 years

A few words about the genesis of Progressive Railroading

Reflecting on 40-plus years of change

In vogue indefinitely

Online readers sound off

Tony Hatch’s Top 6 Reasons the North American Rail Renaissance is Sustainable

‘Needs pull’ vs. ‘technology push’

Soft issues? Hardly

Dateline: The Future

Toby Kolstad’s Take on The Freight Rail Industry’s Top 5 Challenges

Four Overseas Supply Markets
‘Too Big to Ignore’

Industry Trends (from Progressive Railroading/June 2008)

2008 Fleet Stats
CONTENTS

Taking some sting out of ‘cyclical’

It's the same old, cyclical song:
Car surpluses to plague builders, lessors at least through '09

Power-ful intentions

Rolling stock ramp-up

Trends

Trends

Tony Hatch — Confidence with a capital 'C'

Industry Trends

Putting it in perspective: U.S. Class Is’ 2007 traffic ‘woes’

The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's 'action' plan

The big picture: Who's buying shares in North America's freight railroads — why it matters

Rail rates to continue steady climb

Upping the e-security ante

Context by Pat Foran (June 2007)

Study: Lack of investment in transportation infrastructure catching up with U.S.

Railroads, transit agencies seek federal security funding

Fleet Stats '07

Fleet management: From working concept to oxymoron to...? (by Toby Kolstad)

Rail traffic will rebound in the second half, Class I officers tell ASLRRA annual conference attendees

Industry Trends (May 2007)

Industry Trends (April 2007)

MOW Dollars: Progressive Railroading's 5th Annual Maintenance-of-Way Survey

Station, track rehabilitations top many passenger roads’ MOW priority lists in 2007

Going green: Freight-rail environmental efforts gather steam

Context by Pat Foran (February 2007)

Industry Trends (February 2007)

On the Right of Way
NRC: Rail capital cycle a hot topic in Miami

Net Effect: How the internet has changed the way railroads do business

Lease or buy? For fleet managers, the answer might be less than obvious

Context by Pat Foran (January 2007)

Industry Trends (January 2007)