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13 posts tagged with “rail”
Metals Are Driving Rail Growth: How Industrial Shippers Should Rebuild Equipment Forecasts
Metals are lifting U.S. rail volumes, but national growth can conceal local railcar shortages. Build equipment forecasts from commodity, location, and consumption signals.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 25, 2026 · 5 min read
CN’s New Shipper Access Deal Makes Rail Optionality a Contract-Data Problem
CN's conditional access deal tied to the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger could preserve rail choice, but shippers need lane-level contract and operating data before assigning value to it.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 28, 2026 · 6 min read
CSX's Q2 Beat Puts Rail Service Quality Back Beside Revenue Growth
CSX's strong second-quarter results make a case for rail growth, but shippers need a lane-level scorecard before committing more freight.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 23, 2026 · 5 min read
BNSF’s $4B California Intermodal Project Is Really a Distribution Network Bet
BNSF’s Barstow International Gateway approval is more than a rail project; it is a long-cycle bet on inland intermodal capacity, import routing, and distribution network design.
CXTMS InsightsJune 21, 2026 · 7 min read
FRA Track-Tech Tests Could Make Rail Reliability More Measurable Before Service Fails
FRA's expanded automated track inspection waiver and CSX's July rollout show why rail infrastructure signals should become part of shipper reliability scorecards.
CXTMS InsightsJune 21, 2026 · 7 min read
An Arkansas Port’s Rail Rebuild Shows Why Inland Ports Need Disaster-Ready Capacity Plans
An Arkansas inland port rail rebuild shows why shippers need disaster-ready capacity plans across rail-served nodes, transload partners, and alternate drayage.
CXTMS InsightsJune 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Rail Mega-Merger Scrutiny: What the UP-NS Filing Timeline Means for Intermodal Shippers
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's revised merger filing has moved into Surface Transportation Board review. Intermodal shippers should use the timeline to measure rail exposure before network rules change.
CXTMS InsightsMay 29, 2026 · 6 min read
April Intermodal Volumes Reveal a Split Market: Domestic Containers Are Carrying the Recovery
April intermodal data shows a freight market moving in two directions: domestic containers are gaining strength while international ISO containers remain soft.
CXTMS InsightsMay 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Matson and BNSF’s Intermodal Security Program Makes Cargo Protection a Rail Service Feature
Matson, BNSF, and War-Lok are adding layered protection to international intermodal cargo, signaling that cargo security is becoming part of rail service design.
CXTMS InsightsMay 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Rail Carloads Are Beating Intermodal in 2026, and That Split Says a Lot About Freight Demand
AAR traffic data shows bulk rail carloads rising while intermodal slips in 2026, a split that reveals where freight demand is actually strengthening and where consumer-driven networks are still soft.
CXTMS InsightsApril 21, 2026 · 6 min read