As a follow up to the Rail Rate Guide that we published last month, here are some …
Category: Rail Rates and Logistics
Changes to NS Tariffs for Car Storage and Improperly Loaded Cars
The NS announced that they are making to their Demurrage, Accessorial and Switching Tariffs effective October …
How Closely Should You Track Your Railcar Shipments?
How closely you monitor your rail shipment tracking can be related to several factors – the characteristics …
Have your rail rate increases been higher than the railroads’ average?
Each quarter the Surface Transportation Board makes available data from the seven Class 1 railroads, …
Rail Freight Tariff Announcements
RSI monitors rail rates across a number of industries as we assist companies in managing …
Railroad Cost Indexes
(Note: Updated cost index data can be viewed on this page.) Data from two rail …
Delayed Trains and Held Cars
The chart below is the last 12+ months of performance reporting that Class I rail …
Have Your Rate Increases Been Higher Than The Railroads’ Average?
Every quarter the Surface Transportation Board makes available data from the seven Class I railroads, …
Railroad Fuel Surcharge Changes
CSXT announced last July that they were going to re-baseline their mileage based fuel surcharge …
Union Pacific Empty Shop Provision (Tariff: UP 6004 Item 55)
Historically, railroads do not charge for the movement of empty tank cars. The industry’s Freight …
