NEWSLETTER - TEALINC TOUCHBASE - 2010 December 2010 - EIA Estimates That the World Coal Consumption Will Rebound, Returning to its Pre-Recession Level By 2013 Some Bulk Rail Cargoes Gain Despite Holiday AAR Says 20.8 Percent of the Total Railcar Fleet in the U.S. and Canada Was In Storage as of November 1, Down From 21.6 Percent A Month Earlier Economists Say There Is Potential For A New Global Economic Meltdown November 2010 - America’s Regional and Short Line Railroads Set Back-to-Back 2010 Volume Peaks AAR and TTCI Announce Establishment of Research Advisory Board Chemical Demand Suggests Renewed Demand from the Factory Sector for Raw Materials Consumer Imports Drive the Annual Peak Season for Containerized Imports, Which Carriers Say is Beginning to Wane after Peaking in August 2010 October 2010 - The Winds Off The Atlantic Ocean Could Become A Cost-Effective Way To Power Much Of The East Coast August 2010 Average Weekly Carloads Highest Since November 2008 Freight Carriers Balk At Sharing Tracks With The Faster Passenger Service CSX Recognized As A Top 10 Company In The S&P 500 On Both The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index And The Carbon Performance Leadership Index September 2010 - Russia's Ban on Exports of Grain Lifts U.S. Prices BNSF Introduces New Shipping Instructions Modifications Tool AAR Reports Weekly Rail Intermodal Volume Sets New 2010 Record Growing Concern That The Economy Is At Risk of Falling Into A So-Called Double-Dip Recession August 2010 - Ethanol Industry Scrambles To Keep Incentives Union Pacific ‘Building America’ AAR Debuts Interactive Rail Map Federal Reserve Has Become More Pessimistic About The Economy July 2010 - Grains Exports Could Be Harmed By Gulf Oil Spill GE’s Announces Breakthrough Software Geared Towards Improving Railroad Capacity And Reliability While Reducing Transportation Costs AAR - Straight Plate Wheels Condemnable At Any Time Effective July 1, 2010 The Fed’s April Meeting Suggests Economic Recovery Is Proceeding And The Labor Market Is Improving Gradually June 2010 - Corn Prices Rise On Speculation That China Will Buy More U.S. Grain Unit Train Aggregate Shipments Price Adjustments Will Become Effective July 1, 2010 AAR Report: Traffic Growth Continues Feds Expect Economy To Keep Improving May 2010 - ACRE Program Could Pay Big for Kentucky Wheat Farmers Norfolk Southern ‘Convinced’ US Recovery is Underway AAR Reports Broad Gains in Weekly U.S. Rail Freight Traffic Economic Conditions Are Likely “to Warrant Exceptionally Low Levels of the Federal Funds Rate For an Extended Period” April 2010 - January New Home Sales And Permits Fall, Starts Rise Effective April 1, 2010 CSX Fuel Surcharge Will Decrease 2009 Safest Year Ever For Nation’s Freight Railroads Bernanke: Economy Not Out Of The Woods Yet March 2010 - Future Holds Great Things For Both Railroads And Crosstie Suppliers Effective March 1, 2010 CSX Fuel Surcharge Will Increase Railroad Industry Weathers Recession; Faces Serious Policy Challenges Bernanke Lays Out Plan For Tighter Money February 2010 - Cement Industry Poised For Unprecedented Period Of Growth Short-line Carloads Tumble 25 Percent in 2009, RMI Says AAR Reports 2009 Carload Traffic At Lowest Level Since 1988 U.S. Federal Reserve Says Interest Rates Will Remain Near Zero "For An Extended Period" January 2010 - Federal Investments in Highways and Transit Systems Are Expected To Decline By More Than $15 Billion In 2010 BNSF Postponing Fuel Surcharge Increase Federal Railroad Administration Report Shows Significant Fuel Savings Shipping Freight By Rail Versus Truc Federal Reserve Rate Hike Unlikely Until 2011 To read newsletter you need Adobe Acrobat. Click below for free download. Tealinc, Ltd. Specializing in Rail Transportation Solutions webmail@tealinc.com

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