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Association of American Railroads - Coverage from 2015 on Progressive Railroading
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AAR: U.S. railroads post traffic decline in week No. 50
CN counts 1,500 first-responder signups for rail-car safety app
AAR: U.S. carload, intermodal traffic down again in Week 49
House approves STB reauthorization bill
AAR: U.S. railroads' intermodal volume holds steady in Week 48
AAR: Carload, intermodal activity down in November
AAR: Rail traffic slowdown continued in Week 46
AAR: U.S. rail traffic falls 4.7 percent in Week No. 45
AAR, other trade groups oppose provision in cybersecurity bill
U.S. rail traffic numbers fall during Week 44
PHMSA rejects AAR's appeal of tank-car rule
AAR: U.S. carload, intermodal traffic slips 4.3 percent in October
Heavy-truck amendment defeated in House
AAR: U.S. carload, intermodal traffic falls in Week 42
CSX employee Chatrathi receives AAR environmental award
Senate passes PTC deadline extension, confirms Feinberg as FRA administrator
Senators speak out against bigger trucks
AAR: U.S. rail traffic down 1.2 percent so far this year
Railroad execs reiterate need for PTC deadline extension
AAR: U.S. carload traffic drops nearly 6 percent, intermodal steady in Week 40
AAR: U.S. rail traffic down 2 percent in September
AAR counting down to PTC deadline decision
AAR: U.S. rail traffic down a bit in Week No. 38
Bill introduced to extend PTC deadline
AAR: U.S. traffic dips 2.5 percent in Week 37
AAR: U.S. rail traffic volume slowed during Labor Day week
GAO report underscores need for PTC extension, AAR's Hamberger says
Consumers United for Rail Equity becomes Freight Rail Customer Alliance
AAR: Intermodal gains continue to prop up U.S. traffic levels
AAR to Congress: Clarity needed ASAP on PTC
AAR: Carloads slip in August, but intermodal still on the upswing
North American railroad volume slips a tad so far in 2015
AAR: U.S. railroads' carloads down 4.4 percent, intermodal traffic up 3.1 percent in Week 31
Senate confirms Dominguez as PHMSA administrator
AAR: Energy sector weighing heavily on U.S. rail traffic
Rail traffic: U.S. carloads down, intermodal up in Week 29
Intermodal continues to lead weekly rail traffic
Railroads' revenue adequacy generates debate at STB hearing
STB to hold revenue adequacy hearing, reports employment slips in mid-June
Intermodal growth remains the rail traffic story in Week 27
Intermodal volumes up for U.S., Canadian railroads in Week 26
Railroads' intermodal traffic sets record in June
Intermodal continues to lead U.S. rail traffic in Week 24
Senate backs Elliott's second appointment as STB chairman
AAR, rail shipper groups applaud Senate's passage of STB bill
AAR award honors CSX auto service
U.S. railroads log record intermodal volume for a week
AAR files appeal of USDOT's tank-car rule
U.S. rail traffic volumes tell a familiar story in Week 22
AAR reiterates freight-rail industry's commitment to PTC
Rep. Lipinski demos new mobile app for rail incident first responders
USDOT releases technical reports on truck size, weight issues
AAR: U.S. rail traffic numbers reflect 'mixed signals' so far in 2015
NARS meeting: Freight-rail execs mull ECP brake mandate's implications
U.S. intermodal volume up, carload traffic down in Week No. 20
AAR: Crude-oil traffic slows in first-quarter 2015
STB to launch rulemaking proceedings for on-time performance
Staggers Act was catalyst that revitalized rail, AAR's Hamberger testifies
U.S. railroads' intermodal volume exceeds carload traffic in week 18
U.S. intermodal traffic continues growth pattern in Week 17
AAR recognizes Sen. Ayotte, CSX's Kuthiala with Chafee environmental awards
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf taps Zarembski to consult on crude-by-rail safety
AAR: U.S. traffic down again in Week No. 16
A first: U.S. intermodal surpassed carload traffic in Week No. 15, AAR says
USDOT's new actions, emergency order address transport of energy products by rail
AAR: Rail traffic down in U.S., up in Canada and Mexico for Week No. 14
AAR: Federal statistics reflect freight-rail industry's safety efforts
AAR: Mixed message seen in first-quarter U.S. rail traffic
NARS annual meeting to feature BNSF's Ice, NS' Squires
BNSF enhances crude-oil train operating procedures
AAR: U.S. rail traffic up in Week No. 11
Railroads, energy industry offer new crude-by-rail safety course to first responders
Bill would streamline feds' environmental permitting for rail projects
AAR: Intermodal volumes helped lift U.S. rail traffic in Week No. 9
AAR, RAC back Transport Canada's tank-car safety proposal
AAR: U.S. rail traffic registered slight dip in February
Four senators introduce bill to extend PTC deadline until 2020's end
AAR: U.S. carloads decreased, intermodal volumes continued to drop in week No. 7
AAR: U.S. carloads climbed, intermodal units fell again in week No. 6
AAR: U.S. carloads climbed, intermodal loads dropped in year's fifth week
AAR: U.S railroads ramped up traffic in January
AAR: U.S. roads to spend $29 billion on capex, hire 15,000 in 2015
Rush succeeds VanderClute as head of safety, operations for AAR
Senate commerce committee addressed freight-rail issues at Wednesday hearing
AAR: U.S. traffic ticked up in year's third week
AAR: U.S. rail traffic registered mixed results in year's second week
AAR: North American rail traffic was strong in 2015's first full week
AAR on 2014: U.S. roads tallied most carloads in six years, broke intermodal volume record
North American rail traffic gains continued at 2014's end
Transit News
Operation Lifesaver awards rail-safety education grants to eight transit agencies
Rail supplier updates from Strato, Miner; and, in memoriam: Deane Folsom Sr. (July 20)
Operation Lifesaver debuts safety message on International Level Crossing Awareness Day
Boardman promises PTC for the Northeast Corridor by year's end
Supreme Court rules Amtrak is a government entity, but doesn't resolve case
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AAR, APTA offer an industry outlook from the association perspective
RailTrends 2015 preview — by Tony Hatch
PTC: Rail angst brews as implementation deadline looms
Class I railroads continue push to recruit military veterans
Lower coal demand cut Class I railroad profits in second quarter
CSX: A railroad in pursuit of optimum performance
AAR's mobile app aims to bolster first-response efforts after derailments
Rising Star: J. Riley Edwards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
U.S. mines and utilities reinforce rail infrastructure to keep coal flowing to power plants
Crude by rail: Federal rule fallout
Apprehension and frustration lingered over the crude-by-rail sector shortly before the USDOT issued its safety rule
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