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…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads decreased by 4.5 percent in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were down from 349,726 in April 2015 to 334,024 in April 2016.
Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 20.7 percent increase, followed by stone, clay and glass products, up 9.3 percent, and chemicals and metals and products, both up nearly 5 percent. The most significant declines were…
Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 20.7 percent increase, followed by stone, clay and glass products, up 9.3 percent, and chemicals and metals and products, both up nearly 5 percent. The most significant declines were…
Inbound Logistics magazine has named Railinc Corp. among the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers for 2016. This is the fifth time in the last six years that the publication has recognized the company for this annual award.
"Railinc continues to provide the technology solutions Inbound Logistics readers need for freight rail shipment…
The total size of the North American rail equipment fleet increased slightly during the first quarter of 2016. The total equipment count was 2,082,010, compared to 2,065,495 during the fourth quarter of 2015, resulting in a 0.8 percent increase.
The three largest segments this quarter were covered hoppers (26 percent), tank cars (21 percent) and gondolas (12 percent).
Group increases over the previous quarter…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads remained steady with a less than 1 percent decrease in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were down slightly from 350,139 in March 2015 to 348,816 in March 2016.
Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 35 percent increase, followed by waste and scrap materials, up 16 percent and metals and products, up 14 percent. Nonmetallic minerals experienced…
Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 35 percent increase, followed by waste and scrap materials, up 16 percent and metals and products, up 14 percent. Nonmetallic minerals experienced…
Railinc's Umler® system contains data on more than 2 million pieces of rail equipment used in interline service, from railcar type to manufacture date to locomotive fuel capacity and horsepower. With a simple query of the system, you can learn a lot about an individual railcar or locomotive. But considered together, these data can provide powerful insights into the size and makeup of the…
Did you know that thing you ordered isn't going to get here on time? At least that's what the email said. Recently, Railinc employees, contractors and consultants got a strange looking email with the subject line "Your package shipping has been delayed." They were right to be suspicious.
Cybersecurity threats exist in many forms today - from the lone hacker looking to wreak havoc, to hacker groups looking to avenge social or political grudges,…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads increased by 14 percent in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were up from 290,963 in February 2015 to 331,709 in February 2016.
Metallic ores led commodity gains with a 183 percent increase, followed by trailer or container & grain mill products, up 46 percent and 37 percent, respectively. The only two commodities experiencing declines this month were…
Metallic ores led commodity gains with a 183 percent increase, followed by trailer or container & grain mill products, up 46 percent and 37 percent, respectively. The only two commodities experiencing declines this month were…