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Economic and Financial Issues
America’s Freight Railroads: Global Leaders (PDF)
“Bottleneck” Policy: Don't Fix What Isn't Broken (PDF)
Rail Earnings Today Pay for Rail Capacity and Service Improvements Tomorrow (PDF)
Interchange Commitments: A Win-Win-Win Situation (PDF)
Overview of America's Freight Railroads (PDF)
Product and Geographic Competition (PDF)
Reject Calls for Mandatory Reciprocal Switching (PDF)
Shipper Leverage Over Freight Railroads (PDF)
The Cost Effectiveness of America's Freight Railroads (PDF)
The Economic Impact of America's Freight Railroads (PDF)
The Need for Reasonable Railroad Regulation (PDF)
Differential Pricing in the Rail Industry (PDF)
Maintain Railroad Antitrust Laws (PDF)
Environment
Freight Railroads Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF)
The Environmental Benefits of Moving Freight by Rail (PDF)
Capacity
America Needs More Rail Capacity (PDF)
Working Together: Public-Private Partnerships (PDF)
History of the Rail Industry
A Short History of U.S. Freight Railroads (PDF)
Chronology of Railroading in America (PDF)
Impact of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 (PDF)
Mergers Have Led to More Efficient, Lower Cost U.S. Freight Railroads (PDF)
Railroad Land Grants: Paid in Full (PDF)
Highway Issues
Keep Federal Truck Size and Weight Limits (PDF)
Railroads and Labor
Collective Bargaining in the Rail Industry (PDF)
Passenger Railroading
Freight and Passenger Rail: Finding the Right Balance (PDF)
Association of American Railroads' Principles Regarding Amtrak Restructuring (PDF)
Railroads and Their Customers
Railroads and Ethanol (PDF)
Railroads and Grain (PDF)
Rail Intermodal Keeps America Moving (PDF)
Railroads and Chemicals (PDF)
Railroads and Coal (PDF)
Safety
Fighting Fatigue in the Rail Industry (PDF)
High-Tech Advances Improve Safety & Efficiency (PDF)
Positive Train Control (PDF)
Railroads: Moving America Safely (PDF)
Remote Control Locomotive Technology (PDF)
Use SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization to Encourage More Freight to Move by Rail (PDF)
Hazmat Transportation by Rail: An Unfair Liability (PDF)
Raise the Grade on Grade Crossing Safety (PDF)
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