Rail Freight
38 posts tagged with “Rail Freight”
Capacity Attrition Is Pushing Freight Toward Rail: Govern the IMC–3PL Handoff
Truck capacity attrition can make intermodal attractive without a freight boom. Learn how shippers, 3PLs, IMCs, drayage carriers, and railroads should govern every handoff.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 31, 2026 · 6 min read
BNSF's Faster Phoenix Intermodal Service Turns Barstow Into a Southwest Freight Hub
BNSF's faster Phoenix intermodal service and planned Barstow gateway are reshaping Southwest freight options. Learn how shippers should compare rail, drayage, inventory time, and truck alternatives.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 27, 2026 · 6 min read
BNSF’s Phoenix–North Texas Intermodal Expansion Creates a New Southwest Routing Option
Evaluate BNSF’s expanded Phoenix–North Texas intermodal service with a routing-guide test covering transit, cutoffs, drayage, reliability, and total landed cost.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 19, 2026 · 6 min read
6.8 Million Rail Carloads Make Weekly Rail Data a Procurement Signal
Weekly U.S. rail carload and intermodal data can give freight procurement teams an early signal for corridor reviews, mode substitution, and capacity bids.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 19, 2026 · 5 min read
AAR's Freight Rail Research Consortium: Turning Academic Models Into Shipper-Ready Decisions
AAR's new academic consortium could improve rail forecasting and policy analysis, but shippers need governed data and measurable planning rules to capture value.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 13, 2026 · 6 min read
The Two-Person Rail Crew Rule Survives Court Review: What Shippers Should Put in Service Contingencies
The FRA two-person rail crew rule survived appellate review. Learn how rail shippers can separate compliance risk from congestion and build practical service contingencies.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 13, 2026 · 6 min read
Union Pacific's Houston Environmental Work Needs a Remediation-Freight Control Tower
A practical control-tower model for manifests, approved routes, disposal appointments, and chain of custody in environmental-remediation freight.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Rail Traffic Rose 2.4%, but the Carload-Intermodal Split Is the Signal Shippers Need
U.S. rail traffic grew 2.4% while carloads declined. Learn how shippers can use the carload-intermodal split to guide capacity and mode decisions.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 7, 2026 · 6 min read
Industrial Products Lift Rail Freight: Turn Commodity Mix Into a Weekly Mode-Switch Signal
Learn how commodity-level rail data can help shippers anticipate equipment, transload, drayage, and mode-conversion decisions before capacity tightens.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Rail Merger Environmental Review Turns Network Strategy Into a Data Filing
Rail merger review is turning lane design, interchange risk, terminal exposure, and emissions assumptions into evidence shippers should organize before networks change.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 17, 2026 · 6 min read