Leading Experts in Intermodal Railcar Experts

Charles Banks is the President of R.L. Banks & Associates; a consulting firm providing railroad transportation economic, financial, engineering track structure, operations, capacity, traffic, cost, and equipment counsel. Mr. Banks has more than 28 years of experience in such matters. Previously, he...

Asok Chaudhuri, PhD, is a Principal at Heritage Capital Group, a financial services firm offering investment banking & strategy consulting on a global basis. Prior, he worked for 26 years at CSX (largest railroad in Eastern US): parent, rail, intermodal, shipping, global ports, barge, trucking, and...

Gary Hunter is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railroad Industries, a firm providing consulting services in the rail transportation industry. Mr. Hunter has more than 25 years of experience in leading teams, planning equipment utilization, developing short line railroads, managing mergers...

James Husband is President of RailSolutions, a railroad equipment consulting firm that provides a broad variety of technical and advisory services to financial institutions, railroads, shippers and fleet operators. Its services include railroad equipment valuations and appraisals, railcar and locomotive...

Toby Kolstad is President of Rail Theory Forecasts, a firm providing consulting and forecasting services in North American rail freight traffic and railcar demand. Mr. Kolstad has more than 35 years of experience in the railroad industry. He also has experience in managing railroad operations. Prior,...

Tom Murray is an independent consultant to the transportation industry. Mr. Murray has worked for several major North American railroads including Soo Line, CSX Transportation, and Southern Pacific, in both operating and marketing positions. While serving with these companies, he had a variety of responsibilities,...

John Schulz is an independent consultant and contributing editor to Logistics Management Magazine, an online and web journal of the logistics and transportation industry. Mr. Schulz is an expert on the US trucking industry. He has more than 19 years of experience in providing consulting services to...

Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units across the...

Larry Shughart is Vice President of Business Development at Innovative Scheduling, a firm providing consulting services in the logistics sector. Mr. Shughart is responsible for conducting economic analysis, managing network operations, coordinating engineering activities, and developing strategic plans....

Dirk Stammnitz is Director of Sales at CH Robinson Worldwide. Mr. Stammnitz has more than 18 years of experience in providing logistics services, business development, and account management within the transportation industry. He has extensive experience with air and ocean carrier relationships and...

Scott Witt is the State Rail and Marine Director for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Mr. Witt is responsible for directing freight and passenger operations and developing rail and marine strategies and policies for the State. He has more than 30 years of experience in managing transportation...