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Resilient…Responsive…Determined: Rails Focus on the Future

Despite economic headwinds, rails are investing heavily for future growth. Inbound Logistics gets the full story at the annual RailTrends conference.

October 18, 2012 | Intermodal | Rail | Transportation | Trucking

Rail Intermodal: Where Rail Meets Road

Intermodal solutions gather steam as shippers track the financial and efficiency benefits of combining truck and rail transport.

September 24, 2012 | Rail

Trends—September 2012

Rail Innovation Keeps Ag Moving, Despite Drought The drought that plagued much of the Midwest in summer 2012 has had a marked impact on agriculture supply and, consequently, food prices, placing an inordinate amount of pressure on supply chains to squeeze out as much extra cost as possible. While much of the news has been […]

February 15, 2012 | Rail

Trends–February 2012

BNSF Lays Down Investment Plan Transportation infrastructure funding remains a hot topic on Capitol Hill while legislators continue to bandy about ideas to satisfy a long-overdue highway reauthorization bill. Out on the rails, however, the railroads continue to lead by example. BNSF Railway Company recently announced a planned 2012 capital commitment program of approximately $3.9 […]

January 15, 2012 | Rail

Retracing the Trails of the Iron Horse

Meet the pathfinders, engineers, industrialists, and dreamers who pioneered the Transcontinental Railroad and U.S. economic expansion and growth.

| Mexico | Rail

In Mexico, Rail is On a Roll

Increasing demand from manufacturers, improved infrastructure and service, and a campaign to grab more market share promise further growth for rail service within Mexico and across the U.S. border.

October 15, 2011 | Intermodal | Rail

Improving Rail Infrastructure: On the Right Track

As railroads continue to ramp up capital spending on infrastructure and equipment, intermodal services have been significant beneficiaries, leading more shippers—and motor carriers—to adopt multimodal approaches.

| Food Logistics | Rail

Rails Give Agricultural Industry Seeds to Grow

Freight railroads represent a critical supply chain link for agricultural product shippers. It’s not enough that railroads haul a ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel—the equivalent of a standard mid-sized car getting 200 miles per gallon. To provide agricultural product shippers with the best value and service, freight […]