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NS sets quarterly coal tonnage record
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PART 1: Class Is Like Their Chances of Posting Revenue Gains & Easing Cost Pains in '09
PART 3: Transit Rail Agencies Prepare for Revenue Shortfalls, Service Cuts — and Whatever Else May Come Their Way
President-Elect Obama Could Champion Crucial Rail Industry Causes, Labor Unions and Associations Say
Railroads Set Positive Train Contol (PTC) Development & Interoperability Strategies to Meet 2015 Mandate
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ‘Best Operating Practices’ course focuses on rail operations basics, core management skills
Voters Overwhelmingly Say ‘Yea’ to Transit Ballot Measures
Chicago Transit Authority Stays the Service-Improvement Course
Class Is Post Solid 3Q Financials
Four Class Is Forge Pact to Set Standards for PTC Systems
Rail: resonating during a recession (Pat Foran, Context, November 2008)
Rails' Faith in the Future of Global Trade Remains Strong
Guest Comment: NTSB Leadership on Display in Chatsworth
Book Review: "James J. Hill's Legacy to Railway Operations"
On diversions and matters of the regulatory heart (Pat Foran, Context, October 2008)
Shippers Say 'Yea' to Rail Service, 'Nay' to Higher Rates
National Rail Program, Capacity Expansion Funding Must be Addressed in Next Transportation Bill, BNSF’s Rose Tells AASHTO Crowd
North American Locomotive Orders May Be Down, but Interest in 'Green Power' is Up
OnTrackAmerica.Org aims to facilitate dialogue across the great infrastructure planning divide
The National Academy of Railroad Sciences Assembles On-, Off-campus Curriculum to Meet Industry’s Training Needs
'Urban Growth Boundaries' Can't Keep Utah Transit Authority From Expanding
A logical search for greener pastures, plus KCS's 2Q 2008 earnings (Pat Foran, Context, August 2008)
Bush Administration proposes new national transportation policy
Class Is draft sustainability programs with one eye on stewardship and the other on entrepreneurship
Class Is’ Q2 ledgers reflect pinch from costly fuel, soft economy and Midwest floods
Transit agencies continue to wear out turnstiles at a rapid pace
Transit agencies kick their environmental efforts up a notch as they strive to become green leaders
DART rolls out new ‘super’ light-rail vehicles
MARTA's turning point: The agency's aim? To steer clear of 'plan-itis'
More talk ... and, maybe, more action (Pat Foran, Context, July 2008)
Transit funding, expansion discussions take center stage at APTA’s annual rail conference
A rhetorical search for a rail 'policy' (Pat Foran, Context, June 2008)
Developing the passenger rail workforce of the future
For short lines, it’s all about adaptation
Former NS chief Arnold McKinnon charts milestone markers
Freight-Rail timeline: ’58-’08
From dieselization to computerization to consolidation, freight railroads have made industry-shaping strides
Intermodal: Container moves will multiply if Class Is align their networks with global trade shifts
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Online readers sound off
Passenger-Rail Timeline: 1958-2008
Six 'trends and drivers' must drive rail industry R&D during the next two decades, report says
The Rail Renaissance era is here to stay, presuming stakeholders figure out how to partner up (and pony up) to ensure there is enough rail capacity
Top 13 Technological advances since 1958
Transit rail’s transition
Trends are turning in transit's favor, putting passenger rail in prime position to serve as the 'mode for mobility'
Industry Trends (from Progressive Railroading/June 2008)
NS, 10 short lines jointly take on short-haul traffic in the Northeast
Class Is will purchase or lease 690 locomotives in 2008
Transit agencies continue to expand, modernize fleets
BNSF: Distributed-power train equipped with ECP brakes makes maiden run
Class I Q1 Financials: Crunching the numbers
CREATE: Posting incremental progress in Chicago
Economic uncertainty clouds transit agencies' near-term outlook
For Dallas-Fort Worth, three C's key to regional planning (Pat Foran, Context, May 2008)
Four transit agencies join forces to take on Dallas-Fort Worth's transit needs
MOW: Bridge construction update
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STB computes railroads’ cost of capital in ’06, makes other procedural moves
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AAR Research Review — A technological link
MOW '08 — Class Is
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Railroad Day 2008: Lobbying in D.C. for a 'Day'
Short Line Story: Brownsville & Rio Grande
Transit-oriented development: Demand and supply
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New York City Transit's Road to Reorganization
Canadian Pacific, Consolidated Fastfrate maintain long-time partnership
Commodities: CN, six shippers disagree on grain car program’s merits
Intermodal: Schneider National's votes of confidence
KCS roads add capacity, tap MOW technology
Movement on the transit-rail federal funding front
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Sound Transit going 'green'
Transit agencies: Stocking up on rolling stock
Industry Trends
Re: the rethinking at NYCT and Ferromex (Pat Foran, Context, March 2008
A BNSF first: ECP-equipped coal train in revenue service
Better late than never for the UTU and carriers' conference
Fuel costly to Class Is in the fourth quarter
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Politicians put out call for free-flowing freight
Pumping up the 'actions' volume, wordlessly (Pat Foran, Context, February 2008)
Railroads and rail labor unions — That’s settled
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's 'action' plan
Transit agencies show passengers how to 'enjoy the ride'
Two Washington state railroads land federal funds
Who's buying shares in North America's freight railroads — why it matters
Charlotte's take on transit rail
DART to cut $900 million in light-rail construction costs
Full speed ahead for San Diego's SPRINTER
People in the news
Rail industry loses transit industry's Warrington, supplier rep Hogan and Finger Lakes' Sullivan
STB rejects Norfolk Southern/Watco short-line plan
The Passenger Rail Working Group's 'bold and visionary' plan — a matter of interpretation
The price of protection: Transit-rail security study outlines options, costs
Transit agencies sign off on '08 spending plans
Union Pacific: The unmaking of a reputation, incrementally (Pat Foran, Context, January 2008)