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Alternative Energy Efficiency: ‘Does it Pencil?’

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: The question “Does it pencil?” is a term used by real estate investors when analyzing a building or property project from a financial perspective. Quoting from a

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When Politicians Gave Two Toots

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Much of America’s history and progress is traceable to railroads. They bound together the continental United States, made possible settlement of the West, linked farms

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There Will Always be a Settlement—at Some Point

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Nothing warms a jaded rail equipment columnist more than having an article planned out only to see the headlines grabbed by something so tantalizing that

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Texas Central: Amtrak to the Rescue? (UPDATED, Sept. 4, 2024)

I did a double take a year ago when an Amtrak press release with this headline hit my inbox: “Texas Central and Amtrak Seek to Explore High-Speed Rail Service Opportunities between Dallas

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Video: Supply Chain Insight – Intermodal Update With Joni Casey

In this installment of the Port of Long Beach‘s Supply Chain Insight video series, POLB Chief Operating Officer Dr. Noel Hacegaba speaks with Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) President and CEO

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Getting Rail to Net-Zero Emissions: FRA’s Role in Research and Technology Development

Our rapidly warming planet has been sending us all repeated signs that the unrelenting accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) surrounding the Earth must be reversed. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is

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Eleventh of a Series: Existential Threat to Transit

When Congress authorized federal funds for transit operations in late 2020 and early 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, that particular aid for the nation’s transit providers was meant to

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BNSF Hump Performance Improves; CN, CPKC Protect U.S. Ops

We’re always on the lookout for good news and last week we highlighted the strong recent improvement in BNSF terminal dwell. And with dual lockouts at CN and CPKC, we were curious

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Growth in the Freight Rail Industry

Editor’s Note: The following is a testimony that will be submitted by Adriene Bailey, Partner with Oliver Wyman, in a hearing before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 16-17, 2024. Introduction

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Tenth of a Series: ‘T’ Stands for ‘Trouble’

I now complete my “tour around the country” to find out how major transit providers are faring in their efforts to keep going, despite the deficits those agencies will face when the

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