Category: Railcar Report

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination”. – Jimmy Dean COVID-19 The United States currently has 29,696,250 confirmed COVID 19 cases and 537,838 confirmed deaths. US Jobless Claims In the week ending February 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was […]

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain COVID-19 Folks, welcome to the month of March 2021 – spring break is right around the corner and April showers are in 31 days – hang in there winter is almost over and so is COVID-19 apparently – is heard immunity right amount the […]

“Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service wins the game.” Tony Alessandra.    COVID-19 The United States currently has 28,765,423 confirmed COVID 19 cases and 511,133 confirmed deaths. US Jobless Claims The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning of last […]

Optimism for a recovery in oil demand as COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out while producers rein in supply has pushed the market structure for Brent and U.S. crude

U.S. consumer spending fell a preliminary 0.2% in December 2020 from November 2020, following a revised 0.7% drop in November from October

A U.S. appeals court dealt a blow to the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline on Tuesday of last week, upholding a lower court’s decision to throw out a key federal permit for the line and ordered a lengthy environmental review that will determine if it can keep operating.

President Biden has already signed over 30 Executive Orders only 3 days into his Presidency,

Total US rail car traffic was +2.0% year over year and total Canadian rail car traffic was up +1.6%

Total North American rail volumes were up 1.3% yoy in week 53 resulting in Q4 volumes that finished up 3.0% and 2020 volumes that finished down 6.7%

Total US rail car traffic was +2.0% year over year and total Canadian rail car traffic was up +1.6%