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Railroad Operations
10.03.2022

Railcar Fleet Sizing – How Much Could A Railcar Tracking System Save You?

Railcars are expensive assets to own or lease. Rail companies should invest with a clear ROI in all business decisions, yet a high percentage of railcars in North America are not fully utilized. Why does this occur, what is the cost to the shipper, and how can shippers reduce their total asset costs by optimizing railcar utilization? 

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Railroad Logistics Management
11.01.2022

Ultimate Guide to Rail Shipment Management: Part 4 – How to Measure Railroad On-Time Performance

Shipping by rail is complex and complicated further by supply chain disruptions, manufacturing changes, and labor challenges. Today’s freight customer expectations for receiving goods by freight rail are increasing.


This article is the fourth in our series, exploring how railroad and shipment operating metrics are calculated and how shippers can use these metrics to make improvements to their rail network.

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Railroad Operations
25.10.2021

Ultimate Guide to Rail Shipment Management: Part 3 – Railcar ETA to Destination

This article, the final in our series, explores how railroad operating performance, Trip Plan compliance, and rail shipment ETAs are calculated and how rail shippers can work with these metrics to improve their rail network.

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Railroad Operations
25.10.2021

Ultimate Guide to Rail Shipment Management: Part 2 – Trip Plan Compliance

The second in our three-part series, this article explores how railroad operating performance, trip plan compliance, and rail shipment ETAs are calculated. Plus, we see how rail shippers can use these metrics to improve their rail network.

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Railroad Logistics Management
25.10.2021

Ultimate Guide to Rail Shipment Management: Part 1 – Railroad Operating Metrics

This article, the first in our series, explores railroad operating performance, from trip plan compliance, how rail shipment ETAs are calculated and how rail shippers can use these metrics to improve their rail network.

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Rail
03.09.2021

Q&A Series: What Are the Rail Shipment Impacts of Precision Scheduled Railroading?

The first article in this two-part series defined PSR examined the historical context in which it implemented PSR and how PSR is measured with the Operating Ratio. The final part of our series will analyze the impacts, both positive and negative, for rail shippers.  

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Rail
06.08.2021

Q&A Series: Introduction to Precision Scheduled Railroading

Do you ever hear about Precision Scheduled Railroading and wonder what it’s about? In the first of our Q&A series, Joshua Dickson and Bert Ruden from ICL guide us through Precision Railroading shipping; it's history and how it effects Shipping and other aspects of Rail Logistics. 

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