Archive for October, 2007

Fuel prices ties 2 year-old record high!

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

You can’t blame them … costs go up … but what does your carriers “minimum price” mean when there’s a 25-30% surcharge tacked on to every single bill?

Playing Monopoly, the railroads are usually a solid moneymaker.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

There’s more than one way to skin a cat … or move them: Short Lines.

The most interesting bit is that they control 29% of the nation’s tracks, but only generate 9% of the revenue. Underutilization is where value — and competitive advantage — hides.

You can bet we will be looking for new opportunities here.

At least there’s no shipping claim.

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Spun that puppy a bit too far. ;-)