Can Railroads Keep the Good Times Rolling?

This article provides an economic outlook as seen by the seven major railroad companies: Norfolk Southern (NS), CN, CSX, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Union Pacific (UP), Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and BNSF. The background for such analyses is a report prepared by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that addresses competition and capacity issues. One railroad will attempt to invest in three areas that will improve its business the most: technology, capacity, and people. Another railroad official addresses new corridors that will be double-tracked, and prospects in coal transportation as it has been looked to as an alternative to petroleum. Others discuss the construction of new terminals, intermodality, mechanistic development, the development of information technology integration, and retail product importation from emerging economies.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586268
• Authors:
  • Vantuono, William C
• Publication Date: 2006-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 20, 22-23, 27-28, 35
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 207
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital investments; Freight traffic; Government funding; Railroads; Regulation; Transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038994
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 3 2007 8:47AM