HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE JANUARY 2009 ISSUE

Breaking News
  • Late Breaking Industry News

Traffic & Market Trends
• Industry Indicators

• Traffic originated
  (Source: Association of American Railroads)
  
• Top: Short line and regional traffic index (Source: Railinc)
  Bottom: Class I employment, October 2008 (Source: STB)
  
• Traffic trends
  (Source: Association of American Railroads)
  

In This Issue
• Railroader of the Year: CSX's Michael J. Ward
• More billions for passenger rail?
• TTCI R&D

Commentary
• From the Editor: "This is a very exciting field"
• Financial Edge

Industry Indicators