The Wide Array of Gondola Railcars (CONTINUED!) This post is complimentary to our March 2023 Blog Post "Mill Gondola Railcars". You may read that blog here or continue on to…
Darell LutherApril 24, 2023
The Wide Array of Gondola Railcars. The gondola is a tried-and-true railcar that is extremely universal, carrying anything from sand, gravel and boulders to scrap steel, bundled ties, steel plate…
Darell LutherMarch 28, 2023
Showcasing Railcars in Action: Open Top Hoppers. One of the most universal railcars in the railroad system today is the open top hopper. This railcar type contains different configurations of…
Darell LutherFebruary 28, 2023
In June of 2021, we featured a blog about whether to scrap a railcar or sell it for resale. As a refresher, here's the link. We've been through a lot…
Darell LutherFebruary 8, 2023
As a customer-centric, niche railcar leasing company, we assist our customers with varying degrees of support as they navigate shipping and receiving products via rail. We generally find that our…
Darell LutherJanuary 4, 2023
It’s almost 2023 and hard to believe that, relatively speaking, just a few years ago the rail industry was nearly in ruins until the passage of the Staggers Act in…
Darell LutherDecember 23, 2022
Railcar Tracking... Critically Important When Service Is Challenging! When I started in the railroad world several decades ago, big data for railcar maintenance was collected by railroads through readers that…
Darell LutherMay 31, 2022
How can you tell the railroads are full? Cycle times increase dramatically (get longer), more trains are parked on sidings and mainline track with long delays between movements, bad order…
Darell LutherMay 10, 2022
There are several current on-going events that potentially pack a wallop for rail transportation providers. Although we won’t discuss them all, I’ve highlighted a few that we think are important…
Darell LutherApril 18, 2022
Do You Lease or Own Private Railcars? Imagine spending thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars per month to lease or hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars…
Darell LutherMarch 14, 2022
When moving a private empty freight railcar (non-tank car), there are several options. If that private railcar moves off a loaded “revenue move” (paid, loaded move) then the return trip…
Darell LutherFebruary 1, 2022