This month Railway Age again features freight equipment data and analysis from Railinc. But this time, we take a look at locomotives. Beginning on page 35 of the magazine’s July 2016 issue, Railinc data scientist …
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads decreased by 3 percent in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were down from 360,806 in June 2015 to 348,689 in June 2016.
Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 21 percent increase, followed by petroleum products and stone, clay, and glass products, up 19 and 12 percent, respectively. Metallic ores experienced the most significant decline…
Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 21 percent increase, followed by petroleum products and stone, clay, and glass products, up 19 and 12 percent, respectively. Metallic ores experienced the most significant decline…
Railinc Corp. is being honored as one of the “100 Great Supply Chain Partners" for 2016 by SupplyChainBrain magazine. Each year, the magazine features a select group of companies whose customers have nominated them for providing outstanding…
Nearly half of Railinc’s project development activities involve the implementation of rules and processes. So when Doni Reece saw the connections among Railinc systems, industry terms and equipment components mapped, she recognized the potential a networked view had to help employees understand the myriad rules and processes that underlie the company’s applications.
As a business analyst, Reece works on Railinc’s …
Employee training is an important part of Railinc’s culture. From certifications to regular lunch and learns to on-site training in a working rail yard, employees have a variety of opportunities to grow their knowledge of Railinc technologies and the freight rail industry.
Remaking the way business analysts, developers and others approach their work, like the Railinc Rules and Process Modernization (RPM) program is doing, requires a significant…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads decreased by 4.6 percent in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were down from 349,658 in May 2015 to 333,542 in May 2016.
Petroleum products led commodity gains with a 21 percent increase, followed by stone, clay, and glass products along with motor vehicles and equipment, up 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Coal experienced the most significant decline…
Petroleum products led commodity gains with a 21 percent increase, followed by stone, clay, and glass products along with motor vehicles and equipment, up 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Coal experienced the most significant decline…
Freight rail is one of the basic building blocks of the U.S. economy, and its impact creates an immense ripple effect that touches all regions, including the Research Triangle, and most industries.
How big is that ripple effect?
Spending by Class I railroads created nearly $274 billion in economic activity, generated almost $33 billion in total tax revenues and supported about 1.5 million jobs across the country in 2014. That’s according to…
As a release administrator on Railinc's Infrastructure Services and Support Team, Robert Redd works to make sure the company's applications are working for customers and that developers have the infrastructure they need to do their jobs.
He tweaks automated builds to account for changes developers make to code. He makes sure the automated build system is functioning properly. He creates dashboards for performance and uptime analysis for Railinc…