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Capacity
Tax Incentives for Investments to Revitalize Freight Railroad Infrastructure (PDF)
Working Together: Public-Private Partnerships (PDF)
Economic and Financial Issues
America Needs More Rail Capacity (PDF)
America’s Freight Railroads: Global Leaders (PDF)
“Bottleneck” Policy: Don't Fix What Isn't Broken (PDF)
Differential Pricing in the Rail Industry (PDF)
Interchange Commitments: A Win-Win-Win Situation (PDF)
Maintain Railroad Antitrust Laws (PDF)
Overview of America's Freight Railroads (PDF)
Product and Geographic Competition (PDF)
Rail Earnings Today Pay for Rail Capacity and Service Improvements Tomorrow (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 Staggers Act: Balanced Regulation That Works (PDF)
Environment
Freight Railroads = Less Highway Congestion (PDF)
Freight Railroads Offer A Smart Effective Way to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF)
Railroads: Green from the Start (PDF)
Highway Issues
Keep Federal Truck Size and Weight Limits (PDF)
History of the Rail Industry
A Short History of the U.S. Freight Railroad Industry (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)
Passenger Railroading
Freight and Passenger Rail: Finding the Right Balance (PDF)
Railroads and Labor
Railroad Collective Bargaining Process (PDF)
Railroads and their Customers
Rail Intermodal Keeps America Moving (PDF)
Railroads and Chemicals (PDF)
Railroads and Coal (PDF)
Railroads and Ethanol (PDF)
Railroads and Grain (PDF)
Safety
Fighting Fatigue in the Rail Industry (PDF)
Hazmat Transportation by Rail: An Unfair Liability (PDF)
High-Tech Advances Improve Safety & Efficiency (PDF)
Positive Train Control (PDF)
Railroads: Moving America Safely (PDF)
Raise the Grade on Grade Crossing Safety (PDF)
Remote Control Locomotive Technology (PDF)
Use SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization to Encourage More Freight to Move by Rail (PDF)
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