According to the Association of American Railroads, total US weekly rail traffic was 465 390 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% compared with the same week last year. According to the Association ...

Unit trains direct to West Coast ports. Unit trains direct to NOLA and the unit-train-barge combination with 100 percent barge backhaul. Unit-train-barge combinations with less than 100 percent ...

concludes that inland barge transportation is a safe, efficient, economical and environmentally sound method to transport products, and superior in performance when compared to both rail and truck.

22, 1993: Barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama. Minutes later, an Amtrak train with 220 people aboard reached ...