Study by SGKV Determines RailRunner® Bimodal Technology is Economical, Competitive and “Ready for the European Market”

LEXINGTON, Mass., August 31, 2010 – RailRunner has been designated as an effective technology for bi-modal transport by Studiengesellschaft für den Kombinierten Verkehr (SGKV) one of the foremost organizations studying intermodal transportation in Europe. The SGKV study is a comparative analysis of existing intermodal transport technologies with regard to their operational efficiencies, capital costs and environmental implications, as well as several other parameters.

The report compares the use of RailRunner technology with competing bimodal technologies in transporting 45-foot European containers, 40-foot ISO containers, 20-foot tank containers, swap bodies, semi-trailers and roll-on roll off systems. Using a hypothetical Hamburg-to-Budapest itinerary, The report says RailRunner identifies RailRunner NA, Inc., as having the best bimodal (road/rail) technology available based on multiple critical factors, including the following:

• Payload to tare ratio,
• Environmental impact, energy consumption and CO2 emissions
• Labor cost and operational costs per transported unit,
• Number of units per train,
• Ease of integration into existing intermodal systems,
• Terminal investment costs,
• Equipment costs, and
• Maintenance costs.

For example, the SGKV report estimates the effective ratio of payload to tare weight at 2:1 for RailRunner with a 45-foot container, while the rate for a standard T5 railcar is 1.1:1. The rate of CO2 emissions are 30% to 43% lower with the RailRunner technology according to SGKV. And SGKV Report Says RailRunner is Technology, Cost Leader in Europe Page 2 the cost of installing a RailRunner terminal are 20% to 25% that of a traditional intermodal terminal, while the operating costs are 16% lower than trucking and 27% lower than a T5 train. “Another remarkable advantage of the RailRunner system is that it easily can be integrated into existing intermodal transport systems,” the SGVK report says. “RailRunner can be fully comprised in existing terminals, thus enlarging the overall terminal capacity. The costs are relatively small.”