by IntelliTrans | Apr 29, 2020 | Rail101
RAIL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Rail Equipment In this section we look at the freight railcar types in use today and identify some of the types of material each carries. We also look at how to identify cars by their markings. Railcar Classifications There are eight...
by IntelliTrans | Apr 22, 2020 | Rail101
RAIL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Terminal/Yard Basic Purpose of Yard A rail yard is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off...
by IntelliTrans | Apr 15, 2020 | Rail101
RAIL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Rail Freight Equipment Within the North American (United States, Canada and Mexico) rail system as of 2018, there were an estimated 1,670,000 freight cars in service. Of these, 19% were owned by the rail carriers, 53% were owned by...
by IntelliTrans | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
RAIL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Rail Companies and Infrastructure Currently, there are 540 freight railroads operating 140,000 miles of track in the United States. Of these, seven are Class 1 railroads because of their 2019 annual operating revenue in excess of $447...
by IntelliTrans | Mar 10, 2020 | Visibility
Supply chain visibility. Everyone in the transportation and logistics industry needs it. But there are many degrees of visibility in the marketplace. In-transit visibility, which is what is most commonly discussed and shows where goods are along the route from...
