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Find railroading Rail Industry Trends articles for the rail career professionals
Rail Outlook: 2010 (Table of Contents)
Rail Outlook 2010: 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
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
A matter of adjustment before the non-flood (Pat Foran, Context, September 2009)
Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading: September 2009
A conversation about composition and character (Pat Foran, Context, August 2009)
Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading: August 2009
It might take two years for car demand to strengthen, Kolstad says
Economic reality and relativity in the rail realm (Pat Foran, 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
From 'positive' thinking to the flexible kind (Pat Foran, 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
Recession, rhetoric and clarity's clarion call (Pat Foran, Context, February 2009)
Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading February 2009
A Gateway to growth, whatever the economic weather (Pat Foran, Context, January 2009)
Industry Trends from Progressive Railroading January 2009