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Intermodal Center is boon to Union Pacific

Real estate helps fuel rail renaissanceJuly 27, 2010 | Mark Thomton | http://www.rejournals.com/2010/07/27/real-estate-helps-fuel-rail-renaissance/ Railroad companies have forged through the recession with continued investment in infrastructure and innovations...

Published on 30 July 2010, 11:01 AM by SaxOnTheBeach | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Chicago Freight Los Angeles Union Pacific

RRV excavator hits freight train

Inverness railway crash excavator 'ran away' The railway maintenance machine was to be used during night-time workFrom the BBC :http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-10800994A railway maintenance machine "ran away" with its operator on board and...

Published on 29 July 2010, 11:00 AM by Walker | 1 comment(s)

Tags: Collision Crash Excavator Freight Inverness RRV

Britain 'relies on railfreight'

The British economy is boosted annually from £870m by the rail freight industry – new research from Network Rail reveals today. The freight industry further indirectly supports an economic output of £5.9bn, over six times its direct turnover.Network Rail’s study, the Value and importance of...

Published on 8 July 2010, 10:05 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: freight Network Rail

Association of American Railroads Releases Annual Freight Statistics

AAR Releases Annual Freight Commodity Statistics PublicationIncludes Data on Over 450 Commodities Ranging from Motor Vehicles to Watermelons WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 18, 2010 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today announced the release of the 2010 edition of the Freight...

Published on 24 June 2010, 4:52 AM by SaxOnTheBeach | 1 comment(s)

Tags: AAR Freight Statistics USA

Association of American Railroads Releases Annual Freight Statistics

Published on 24 June 2010, 4:52 AM by SaxOnTheBeach | 0 comment(s)

Tags: AAR Freight Statistics USA

Putting more Freight on Rail can Save Lives

Up to 45 road deaths could be saved every year if just 15 percent of “contestable” road freight was transferred to rail!This was revealed recently in an article published on the latest issue of the Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety.“A simple shift to rail of the 15 per cent...

Published on 23 June 2010, 7:46 AM by Slowhand | 0 comment(s)

Tags: ARA freight

Cornish branch line services stopped by Freight derailment

Freight train leased by Imerys derailment halts branch line services Train services on a Cornish branch line had to be cancelled yesterday after the derailment of a freight train.Two wagons were left straddling the tracks after they left the rails close to the yard of freight operator...

Published on 10 June 2010, 10:38 AM by Fiona | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Cornwall Derailment Freight

DB Schenker Rail trebles coal volumes from Russia

DB Schenker Rail trebles coal volumes from Russia to Poland 29 April 2010 from http://www.analytiqa.com/newsitem.aspx?articleid=6947 Around 12,000 tonnes of coal will have been carried by rail by end of...

Published on 5 May 2010, 12:47 PM by Orinoco | 0 comment(s)

Tags: DB Schenker Freight Poland Russia

Deutsche Bahn looks to passenger and freight services through Channel Tunnel

Deutsche Bahn is said to be close to securing rights from the Eurotunnel operator to run high-speed German national railway trains through the tunnel, making direct service from Germany to London a reality.It is looking to develop passenger and freight services into Britain using High...

Published on 21 April 2010, 10:04 AM by TedB | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Germany Deutsche Bahn Eurotunnel Channel Tunnel freight passenger

China plans heavy haul coal line

China plans heavy haul coal line31 March 2010 CHINA: The Ministry of Railways has started planning for a third heavy haul railway corridor to carry coal from mines in Inner Mongolia to a new port on the Bohai Sea.Work has already started on a coal export terminal at the port of...

Published on 31 March 2010, 12:47 PM by Orinoco | 0 comment(s)

Tags: China Coal Freight

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