In the U. S. are some 2,000,000 freight cars, worth $3,000,000,000. Under the existing system of freight car distribution, railroads cooperate with one another under rules of the Interstate ...

Larger cars enable operational efficiencies that reduce costs and ease logistics challenges. The revenue-earning fleet realized a net decrease of 24,000 cars in 2021. At the end of 2021, the ...

Modern train cars have made hobo lifestyle a thing of the past Sun., Aug. 21, 2011. A BNSF freight train rolls through the Marshall area just south of Spokane.

As most in the freight forwarding and global trade business know, logistics managers are front and center on the frontline, responsible for making sure supply chains run smoothly.

Six U.S. Representatives—three Democrats and three Republicans—have introduced bipartisan legislation enabling a tax credit for freight railcar owners purchasing new or refurbishing existing equipment ...

Earlier this month, Class I railroad carrier CN rolled out plans to increase its assets by acquiring more than 2,200 new freight cars this year and 1,300 new containers. Company officials said the ...

For lack of freight cars, the company was unable to ship its flour to market. The... In Buffalo last week, General Mills temporarily closed down the world's largest flour mill (3,700,000 Ibs. daily).

Freight train carrying vehicles derails, crushing new cars and trucks Photos from the derailment scene showed heavy damage to many vehicles and freight cars. Published June 8, 2023 • Updated on ...