Study Group: Rail Maintenance Service Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 30
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Owner
High Energy Services
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 ShughartVice President of Business Development
Innovative Scheduling
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....
President
RailSolutions, Inc.
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...
Principal
Heritage Capital Group, Inc.
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...
Chairman & CEO
Railroad Industries Incorporated
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...
Phil ShepherdDirector
Iscaconsult Ltd
Phil Shepherd is Director and Owner of Iscaconsult Ltd, a firm providing international railroad consultancy services. Mr. Shepherd has over 35 years of experience in international rail infrastructure management; due diligence and project monitoring for financial institutions; and railway procurement...
Charles BanksPresident
R.L. Banks & Associates, Inc.
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...
Consultant and Writer
Tom Murray
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,...
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| Railcar Market Experts (EU) | 69 |
| Intermodal Logistics Experts | 107 |
| Coal Railcar Experts in GLG Member Programs (US) | 13 |
| Coal Rail Shipping Experts | 42 |
| Railcar Leasing Experts | 98 |
GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
The most recent Surface Transportation Board Rate Case filed by Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) against the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) for coal transportation from the Powder River Basin to the Muskogee coal plant actually shows the attractiveness of this move to the...
Another coal-transporting utility has filed a Rate Case at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) alleging excessive rates for coal transportation. This most recent case was filed by Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) against the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) for coal...
The suit alleges four of the Class I Railroads violated Federal antitrust laws with respect to fuel surcharge. The four Class I Railroads in the suit are CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. The time period is July 2003 through June 20...
The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad was recently acquired by the Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway. The DM&E has for years been proposing an extension to the Wyoming Powder River Basin coal reserves. This project, if commenced, would upgrade an...
The year-to-date and outlook for many of the items transported by the U.S. railroads are down, coal transportation has been positive. The discussions that follows list some of the positives for the railroads.
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- Transit Rail Company (ei)
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- Principal
- Consultant
- Owner
- Director
- Managing Director
- Accounting Manager
- Business Development Manager
- General Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Associate
- Contracts Manager
- Portfolio Manager
- Controller
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