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…
The North American rail equipment fleet increased its total size during the second quarter of 2023. The total equipment count was 2,109,210, for a change of about 0.5 percent.
The four largest segments during the quarter were Covered Hoppers (29 percent), Tank Cars (22 percent) and Gondolas and Intermodal (10 percent).
Most car groups increased from the last quarter, led by Intermodal, up 1.6 percent, followed by Box Cars which increased 1…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in June 2023 was down compared to June 2022. Carloads originated decreased 1.5 percent, from 351,085 in June 2022 to 345,765 in June 2023.
Coal topped June gains with a 16.3 percent increase, followed by Motor Vehicles and Equipment which increased 15.2 percent. Metallic Ores led declines, down 22.6 percent, followed by Nonmetallic Minerals and Grain which declined by 20.5…
One of the enduring symbols always connected to railroads was the caboose. Even today when a model train set is bought in a department store, it usually includes a caboose. They came in all different shapes, sizes and colors depending on the railroad and were always seen trailing the train down the tracks.
Cabooses, also referred to as “hacks” in railroad terminology, normally contained a viewing cupola on the top. The main role of the caboose…