Rail Industry Trends articles

Rail outlook 2013; reading the rail-car order barometer (Pat Foran, Context, December 2012)

Santa, holiday trains deliver cheer, charity

A new safety culture at Norfolk Southern; RailTrends rescheduled

State DOTs' social media activity on the rise, AASHTO survey finds

Americans want more transportation options; plus, freight rail traffic data

What's at stake for the rail industry this election cycle; plus, vital signs on the rail industry trade-show circuit (Context, October 2012)

RailTrends 2012 preview by Tony Hatch

Truck size and weight will continue to be an issue for railroads

Freight-rail regulation: Will re-reg resurface?

To what extent is rail transportation investment at risk?

Is federal funding for Amtrak at stake?

Transportation infrastructure investment in an era of partisanship

Rail industry stakeholders weigh in on 2012 election issues

Transit agencies, passenger railroads pursue eco-friendly techniques

Recognition, reflection on the menu at League of Railway Industry Women's annual luncheon

AREMA conference attendees hear reports on safety, financial and technical trends

Rail car market: The outlook for rail cars and rail traffic remains uncertain — by Toby Kolstad

Quarterly container volume best in a year; transportation, logistics M&A activity robust

Housing market improvement shows up in lumber carload numbers; plus, freight rail traffic data

Trending: Amtrak and RailTrends (Context, August 2012)

Railway association: Canada's RAC needs to be more of a promoter and educator, CEO Bourque says

Gas prices, job market help drive transit ridership increase; plus, freight rail traffic data

Railway engineering event exposes professors to rail education, research

Rail car and locomotive data: Progressive Railroading's Fleet Stats 2012

Freight rail traffic data and infrastructure spending trends, June 2012

Rail technology development at Union Pacific

Railroads on track to hire a cast of thousands in 2012; plus, rail traffic data (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 2011: 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

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