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But over the past few years, Union Pacific had gotten in the habit of imposing embargoes whenever their railroad got congested to force businesses to temporarily limit their shipments and pull some of their railcars off of UP’s network.
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Josh Funk, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
The three railcars that derailed after that first collision blocked the adjacent track, and the third train smashed into them at about 22 mph (35 kph).
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
Anderson had parked his truck nearby with another carmen shortly before 3:30 a.m. to lock a switch that controls access to one of the tracks before inspecting railcars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
At least one of the railcars is still in the river.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
The green aluminum fuselages are shipped by railcar to Boeing’s Renton, Washington, factory, where wings, tails and interiors are installed.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2024
Parallel Systems hopes to do just that with its second-generation autonomous battery-electric freight railcar.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2023
Quoting analysis from trade publication Railway Age, grain-hauling railcars now cost over $600 per month to lease for 5-to-7-year terms, which is higher than in early 2020—when rates were around $400 per month.
—WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
The measures, which also specified Mexican efforts to clamp down on the crush of migrants riding north on railcars, are the latest in a series of policy shifts in Mexico that have alleviated, if slightly, the massive political headache in Washington caused perennially by migration.
—David Shortell, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
Josh Funk, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
The three railcars that derailed after that first collision blocked the adjacent track, and the third train smashed into them at about 22 mph (35 kph).
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
Anderson had parked his truck nearby with another carmen shortly before 3:30 a.m. to lock a switch that controls access to one of the tracks before inspecting railcars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
At least one of the railcars is still in the river.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
The green aluminum fuselages are shipped by railcar to Boeing’s Renton, Washington, factory, where wings, tails and interiors are installed.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2024
Parallel Systems hopes to do just that with its second-generation autonomous battery-electric freight railcar.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2023
Quoting analysis from trade publication Railway Age, grain-hauling railcars now cost over $600 per month to lease for 5-to-7-year terms, which is higher than in early 2020—when rates were around $400 per month.
—WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
The measures, which also specified Mexican efforts to clamp down on the crush of migrants riding north on railcars, are the latest in a series of policy shifts in Mexico that have alleviated, if slightly, the massive political headache in Washington caused perennially by migration.
—David Shortell, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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