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Chasing Freight

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineMail and Express, Amtrak's freight subsidiary, is stil
Rail News

Top Staff Changes

by John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineIf you're a shipper, Consolidated Freightways wants to
Trucking News

Juice Train

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe reason the glass of orange juice you drank at brea
Rail News

Going East

by John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineSystem Transport, Spokane, Wash., is extending its pre
Trucking News

Roadway out of 'trough'

by John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineRoadway Corp., in a positive sign that the beleaguered
Trucking News

No Rate Crises?

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineDuring periods when "major portions of the rail indust
Rail News

Con-Way''s New Stretch

By John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineAnn Arbor, Mich.Con-Way Transportation Service
Trucking News

Roadway out of ''trough''

by John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineRoadway Corp., in a positive sign that the beleaguered
Trucking News

Rates Rising

By John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineHigher costs are pressuring a number of LTL companies
Trucking News

Con-Way's New Stretch

By John D. Schulz |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineAnn Arbor, Mich.Con-Way Transportation Service
Trucking News

Freight''s Place

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe extent to which freight railroads would play a par
Rail News

New controls

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World Magazinecontrol system over the next three years. The cost of
Rail News

Accessing Competition

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineSecurity issues raised since Sept. 11 have pushed back
Rail News

Freight's Place

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe extent to which freight railroads would play a par
Rail News

Shipper-Carrier Access

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineFinding itself unable to get shipments of polystyrene
Rail News

George Way Dies

by Frank N. Wilner |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineGeorge Way Jr., 72, a Princeton-educated engineer who
Rail News

Rumored promises unkept?

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineTransportation Union President Byron Boyd promising un
Rail News

Hard Line on Shortlines

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe "black hole" that eats railcars and keeps shippers
Rail News

Dollars for DM&E

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad took anothe
Rail News

Letter of the law

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe railroad industry roundtable discussion hosted by
Rail News

Railroads' Future

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe railroads have to do a better job of getting the w
Rail News

Rail Briefs

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineAssociation of American Railroads President Ed Hamberg
Rail News

Terry Priest Dies

by Frank N. Wilner |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineTerry Priest, 60, whose outspoken conservative politic
Rail News

Pulse-taking time

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Surface Transportation Board and the Federal Railr
Rail News

Rail Briefs

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineBrad Skinner, senior vice president of Mexican logisti
Rail News

River Crossing

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineA partnership between Norfolk Southern and the state o
Rail News

Power Shipper

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineIn the latest turn in the bankruptcy of WorldPoint Log
Rail News

Understand this

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Association of American Railroads is cranking up i
Rail News

Alert Planning

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineRemember the three-day ban on moving certain hazardous
Rail News

Rail Briefs

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Surface Transportation Board announced May 22 vari
Rail News

Merger Talk

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineOne of the highlights of the North American Rail Shipp
Rail News

Shipper-Carrier Barriers

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineBreaking through barriers that keep railroads and thei
Rail News

Rail Briefs

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad and the Brotherhood o
Rail News

Promotions at CBMI

by Clayton Boyce |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Pocket List of Railroad Officials, published by Tr
Rail News

BNSF settles genetics suit

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineBurlington Northern Santa Fe Railway on May 8 agreed t
Rail News

Opening El Paso

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineBurlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's latest carload
Rail News

AAR, DOT Combine on Security

by John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Association of American Railroads, with the suppor
Rail News

Labor pact with UTU said to be costlier than expected for railroads

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe United Transportation Union and the five U.S. Clas
Rail News

Rail Briefs

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineThe Surface Transportation Board has instituted a proc
Rail News

Tanking Out

By John Gallagher |
Copyright 2002, Traffic World MagazineLast year Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Uni
Rail News
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