Locomotive Spare Parts and Inventory

Today we are pleased to unveil a new, more useful set of reports for Pro members. If you click your reports tab you'll notice we've included information about how many visitors we had in April and what countries they came from. Also we've provided an aggregate view of the popular search terms and items. We'll be adding to these reports over time, but feedback is always welcome. Free member? Not to worry, we've got a teaser report there for you as well.

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The chairman of Central Japan Railway, operator of Japan’s busiest bullet train link, has denounced China’s high-speed rail industry for “stealing” foreign technology and compromising safety. Read more...

U.S. railroads were 144% more efficient in 2008 than in 1980, according to the Association of American Railroads, the industry's trade group. In 2008, they carried, on average, a ton of freight 457 miles on one gallon of diesel fuel, up 5% from 436 miles just a year earlier. And the association claims that if just 10% of the freight that now moves by truck were moved to the rails, the USA would burn 1 billion fewer gallons of fuel a year. Read more...

With initial negotiations and surveys already complete, China is now making plans to connect its HSR line through 17 other countries in Asia and Eastern Europe in order to connect to the existing infrastructure in the EU. Additional rail lines will also be built into South East Asia as well as Russia, in what will likely become the largest infrastructure project in history. Read more...

If your company has more than one person on the account, you can now choose which people get notified by email when a message comes in. Simply log into your account and click the Employees tab. Checking or unchecking the box next to the person's name will take care of it for you. Questions? Email us!