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AII-LF: Check Your Index

302% Increase In Rail Premiums Above Expenses

STB’s Annual Rail Rate Index Study: A Deeper Dive

Staggering Rail Rate Increases Across Commodities


The 2023 Rail Negotiation Seminar Countdown Has Begun!

Making Rail Negotiations More Productive

Are Railroads Turning the Corner on Bad Service?

The STB Study Saga Continues

New Year’s Resolution for Improving Results with Railroads

Negotiating Multiple Gateway Rule 11 Moves

Non-Competitive Pricing – The New Norm?

Impact of Consolidation on Freight Rail Rates

CN & KCS Merger Webinar Recording

Rail Contracts: Preparing for Rapid Inflation

Rail Carloads Rebound from COVID-19

Rail Rates – When is Enough, Enough?

Benchmark to Reduce Rail Expenses

Why Some Rail Shippers Get Lower Rates

Updates to STB’s Carload Waybill Sample

Historical Data Shippers Need

Generate Maximum Savings Through Optimizing

Optimizing to Reduce Shippers Rail Expenses

Reduce Captive Rates by Educating Railroads

6 Ways to Make Railroads Compete for Your Captive Movements

The Cost of Being Captive to a Railroad

Use Competitor Rates to Reduce Your Rates

Making Your Moves More Important to Railroads

Use Past Rail Rate Increases to Reduce Current Rates

Creating Effective Alliances with Railroads

8 Ways to Improve Your Captive Rail Rates

Obtaining the Rail Cost Reductions that Shippers’ Management Needs

Decrease Your Rail Rates by Increasing Your Pricing Options

Railroads Cost Decrease Significantly in 2020

Most Rail Rates Increase Less Than 2% Annually
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The Rail Cost Control Program is an Escalation Consultants Inc. product. For the last 40 years Escalation Consultants has assisted companies in reducing the delivered cost of their products. We are normally involved with large and small rail shippers in reducing rail expenses on more than a billion dollars in rail spend annually.
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