In a new Hill op-ed, AAR CEO Ian Jefferies discusses how the STB “could — due directly to corporate rent seeking — turn today’s earnings floor into tomorrow’s ceiling, using annual determinations of a railroad’s financial health to cap rates, regardless of market conditions.”

From automakers to homebuilders, manufacturers and utilities, nearly every goods-related industry relies on rail to get its products to market in the U.S. and beyond.

Hear from railroad employees about how technology empowers them to do their jobs more safely and efficiently, including a high-flying drone operator in Chicago, a certified PTC locomotive engineer in Georgia and a track geometry engineer in Virginia.