NEWSLETTER - TEALINC TOUCHBASE - 2009 December 2009- Mining Equipment: Out Of The Pits and Set To Rise As Demands Increase CSX Fuel Surcharge Will Increase December 1, 2009 AAR Reports Freight Traffic Reached Its Highest Level In 2009 During The Week Ending November 21, 2009 Federal Chairman Bernanke Predicts Weak Economic Recovery Ahead November 2009- Where Does The Coal Industry Head From Here? NS Offers “Railcar Event-Text Message Alerts” AAR Announces Paperless Billing System FOMC Says “Recession Is Over” October 2009- World Crude Steel Production Continues To Show A Steady Increase CSX Announces Fuel Surcharge Increase Effective October 1, 2009 OneRail Coalition Urges Increased Financial Support For Railroad Investment Central Bank Leaves Rates Near Zero; Says Economy Is Showing Signs Of Improvement And Inflation Remains Subdued September 2009- What Does High Speed Rail Mean To Freight Shippers, Railroads, And Freight Car Owners? Norfolk Southern Returning Stored Cars And Power To Service Railinc Announces Long Anticipated Deployment Of Their New Umler System Economy Beginning To Show Signs of Improvement; Recovery Will Be Gradual August 2009- Higher Corn Prices From U.S. Ethanol Production Accounted For 10 Percent to 15 Percent of Increase in Food Prices In Freight Demand For The First Six Months of 2009, Total U.S. Rail Carloadings Were Down 19.5 Percent Railinc Postpones New Umler System Launch Until August 31, 2009 Federal Reserve Chairman Says Economy Has Started to Show Signs of Stabilization Although Improvement is Uncertain July 2009- Study Shows Class I Railroads Need $135 Billion To Keep Pace With Economic Growth And Meet Forecast Growth In Freight Demand United States Coal Exports Are Showing “Signs Of Life,” Though The United States Feds Hold Rates Steady; Sees Signs of Recession Ending May Marked The Second Straight Month In Which U.S. Rail Coal Carloadings Had Double-digit Declines, A Consequence Of Lower Electricity Demand And Higher Coal Stockpiles June 2009 - Corn Prices Moved Higher In Recent Weeks - Both On The Futures And Cash Basis CSXI, UP To Increase Fuel Surcharge; NS To Remain Unchanged America’s Freight Railroads In 2008 Invested A Record $10 billion In Capital Projects Federal Reserve Chief Says 'Tentative Signs' Indicate The Economy's Slide Is Slowing May 2009 - Government Report Shows New Home Construction Declined Nearly 11 Percent In April 2009 CSXT Fuel Surcharge To Decrease 3 Percent May 1, 2009 New UMLER State-Of-The-Art Technology Set To Launch July 25, 2009 Chairman Ben Bernanke And Central Bank Keep Rates Steady Near Zero Percent April 2009 - U.S. Scrap Market Continues To Erode CSXI President Applauds New Rail-Truck Opportunities DOT Estimates Freight Trans. Demand Will Skyrocket In Coming Years - Encourages Public-Private Partnership Projects Possibility That The U.S. Economy Could Be Out Of The Recession Later This Year, Period of Growth In 2010 March 2009 - Hard Times Hit Ethanol Sector; Short Term Distress Expected To Give Way To Economic Prosperity Class I’s Continue To Slash Monthly Fuel Surcharges Rail Traffic Down Sharply In January Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke Says Economic Recovery Will Take More Than Two or Three Years February 2009 - Current Sharp Contraction In Steel Demand Expected To Continue Through First Half of 2009 Infrastructure Tax Legislation Would Trigger More Rail Capacity 2008 U.S. Rail Freight Traffic Fourth-Highest in History; Down Sharply In Fourth Quarter Industrial Production, Housing Starts and Employment Have Declined, Consumers and Businesses Cut Spending: Global Demand Slowing Significantly January 2009 - Projections show that U.S. Coal Production and Exports Should Fall In 2009 as Global Demand Ebbs Class I Railroads Said To Be Well Positioned Financially To Confront The Challenges of A Recessionary Economic Period Effective January 1, OT-5 Applications Must Be Submitted Through The Railinc Website Federal Reserve Expects to Keep Rates Near Unprecedented Low Level For Some Time To Come

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