Material Handling & Transportation
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AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic Remains Up Over 2009 During Post-Holiday Week
January 7, 2011The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported an increase in weekly rail traffic for the post-holiday week ending Jan. 1, 2011, with U.S. freight railroads originating 240,073 carloads, up 5.6 percent compared with the same week in 2009. Intermodal traffic for the week totaled 166,894...
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Spiroflow Systems, Inc.
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AAR Issues 2010 Edition of Railroad Facts
January 3, 2011The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has released the 2010 Edition of Railroad Facts – the premier industry statistical reference book. The publication notes that in 2009, rail traffic experienced the largest percentage decrease since 1949 with carloads down 15.1 percent and ton-miles...
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AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic Posts Strong Gains Over 2009 During Holiday Week
January 3, 2011The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported weekly rail traffic posted strong gains over 2009 for the holiday week ending Dec. 25, 2010, with U.S. freight railroads originating 256,098 carloads, up 29.3 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal traffic for the week totaled...
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Schneider Packaging Equipment Company, Inc.
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AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic Remains up Over 2009
December 20, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported that weekly rail traffic remained up over 2009 levels with U.S. railroads originating 286,391 carloads for the week ending Dec. 11, 2010, up 10.2 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal traffic for the week totaled 233,935...
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AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic Registers Gains in Post-Holiday Week
December 9, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that for the week ending Dec. 4, 2010, weekly rail traffic registered gains in the post-holiday week with U.S. freight railroads originating 303,570 carloads, up 6.8 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal traffic for the week...
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Rail Traffic Higher Than Year-Earlier Level for 11th Straight Month
December 7, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that monthly rail carloads for November 2010 were up 4.5 percent compared with the same period last year, while intermodal traffic was up 11.3 percent compared with November of 2009. Seasonally adjusted AAR data for November showed a month-to-...
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DOT Awards $1.54 Million Grant to AAR-Affiliate Organization for TIH Routing Tool
December 2, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has announced that the Railroad Research Foundation (RRF), an AAR-affiliate organization, has been awarded a Railroad Safety Technology Grant from the Department of Transportation for ongoing implementation of a risk management tool necessary for...
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Snyder Industries Inc.
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