North America's Railcar Fleet Is Aging Out Just as Rail Traffic Climbs
Roughly 200,000 cars in a 1.6 million-car fleet are approaching retirement age, and builders can't replace them fast enough to keep up.
Drayage capacity around the major gateways, per-diem and chassis disputes, intermodal rail transit, driver supply and the fuel line on every invoice.
Roughly 200,000 cars in a 1.6 million-car fleet are approaching retirement age, and builders can't replace them fast enough to keep up.
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