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Train-watching at Missouri Valley
Roy Blanchard
The town of Missouri Valley, Iowa, is 40 miles north of Omaha, Neb., on I-29. It's the site of some of the most concentrated and intense mainline freight action you'll ever see. And I make it a point to get out there whenever business takes me to Omaha. Such was the case the week of Halloween for the...
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Thu, Nov 8 2012
Blog Post:
September freight numbers roll in
Steven M. Sweeney
The Association of American Railroads’ Rail Time Indicators August reporting period includes five weeks and September only four. That means total car loadings on categories that were rising will appear to have stopped in their tracks, or risen only slowly. So it’s with a heavy heart that...
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Tue, Oct 9 2012
Blog Post:
August freight by the numbers
Steven M. Sweeney
Oil remains the stand-alone star for railcar loadings, according to monthly figures released Friday by the Association of American Railroads. At 54,755 total U.S. carloads in August, shipments of “petroleum & petroleum products” represent the only commodity category reported in AAR’s...
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Wed, Sep 12 2012