The North American rail equipment fleet slightly increased its total size during the third quarter of 2023. The total equipment count was 2,113,734, for a change of about 0.2 percent. The four largest segments during the quarter were Covered Hoppers (29 percent), Tank Cars (22 percent) and Gondolas and Intermodal (10 percent). Flats led gains, up 1.6 percent, followed by EOTs which increased 0.9 percent. IM Flats led declines, down 0.3 percent…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in September 2023 was up compared to September 2022. Carloads originated increased 4.3 percent, from 338,509 in September 2022 to 353,030 in September 2023.  Motor Vehicles and Equipment led September gains with an 18.2 percent increase, followed by Chemicals which increased 16.5 percent. Metallic Ores led declines, down 20.7 percent, followed by Pulp, Paper, and Allied…
Kristi Talley, Railinc’s director of customer experience, was named one of the winners of this year’s Women in Supply Chain Award by Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics. This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.    View the full list of winners…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in August 2023 was down compared to August 2022. Carloads originated decreased 1.4 percent, from 368,315 in August 2022 to 363,238 in August 2023.  Petroleum Products topped August gains with a 28 percent increase, followed by Motor Vehicles and Equipment which increased 24.8 percent. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines for the second month in a row, down 17.1 percent,…
At Railinc, we’re always looking to innovate, whether that is our applications and services, how we store our data, or how we communicate with our users. It’s our pleasure to announce our product insiders: direct-to-user emails designed to answer your top questions, inform you of major product updates, and help you navigate Railinc applications. Created in partnership with our product support teams, we’ll be sending out these periodic…
Railinc Chief Information Officer and Vice President Joan Smemoe was recently named a finalist in the 2023 Carolina ORBIE® Awards for Corporate Leadership. Since 1998, the ORBIE has honored chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. You can find the full list of finalists here. On how she achieves success, Joan said, “Sometimes, I find that you have to…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in July 2023 was up compared to July 2022. Carloads originated increased 2.4 percent, from 336,520 in July 2022 to 344,591 in July 2023.  Motor Vehicles and Equipment topped July gains with a 26.5 percent increase, followed by Petroleum Products which increased 18.4 percent. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines, down 23.4 percent, followed by Grain which declined by 18.1…
With more than 60 products and services providing value to the North American freight rail industry, hundreds of team members, and internal infrastructure that needs to be maintained, there is always something new happening at Railinc. Our Solutions Engineering team has been working closely with our TransmetriQ business unit to design solutions for customers using our current product library or by developing new offerings suited to their…