2012 Rail/Intermodal Roundtable: Rail's new golden era

摘要

Savvy shippers have found ways to put the nation's rails back to work-and the railroads have flourished. But while current market conditions remain favorable for shippers, questions over how the nation's rail and intermodal network will respond when volume ratchets up past pre-recession levels remain. Unlike other modes of freight transportation, which saw peaks and valleys brought on by the Great Recession, railroad and intermodal service providers came out mostly unscathed- especially when compared to their trucking, ocean, and air brethren.