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Apr 21

Get Back, Get Back- “Inflation”

By Aili Mendendhall Company News, Covered Hoppers, Gondolas, Latest News, News, Tank Cars, Uncategorized

“Get back to where you once belonged.” So, the infamous Beatles song goes from there penultimate “let it be” album. As the song plays all I can think is if only inflation could get back to where it once belonged. The price of everything is up and all we want…

Jul 02

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OT-5, Railinc, and UMLER

By Aili Mendendhall Covered Hoppers, Gondolas, Latest News, News, Tank Cars

Recently we received a lot of questions from our customer base in a short period of time regarding what an OT-5 is and how to get one. It turned out that the CSX railroad had begun charging shippers a fee of $600 per movement for a privately marked car without...

Apr 19

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Pressure Differential Covered Hoppers

By everestrailcar Covered Hoppers, Latest News, News

If you transport dry bulk commodities that can be fluidized for unloading then we have you covered on equipment. Our pressure differential covered hopper fleet ranges in size from 2785 Cubic Feet to 5125 Cubic Feet. The closed loop unloading system provides a quick efficient method to move dry products...

Apr 22

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New Mill Gondolas

By everestrailcar Gondolas, Latest News, News

Recently Everest Railcar Services added new 52'6" mill gondolas to our fleet. The new gondolas were built in Roanoke, VA by Freightcar America. With larger volumes and greater load limits compared to older generation cars these new gondolas will help reduce overall customer shipping costs. Our "EAMX 2751" series gondolas...

Feb 23

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Railroad Industry Indexes

By everestrailcar Latest News, News, Uncategorized

The rail industry publishes a multitude of data that provides insight to the state of transportation sector and our economy in general. We believe two indexes that are a direct negative correlation are Railroad Velocity and Carloads Originated. Railroad Velocity is the average speed of trains on a particular railroad....

Jan 07

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Lease Rate Isn’t Everything

By everestrailcar Covered Hoppers, Latest News, News

Many times in an effort obtain the cheapest lease rate in a particular market shippers overlook the other railcar related factors that contribute to the bottom line. Typically the lease rate of a railcar is only a small factor in the overall rail shipping cost picture. Factors like car size,...

Nov 11

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Railroads and Customer Service

By everestrailcar Company News, Latest News, Uncategorized

Railroads and Customer Service are not synonymous in the same sentence. Although railroads in general have improved customer service in many ways over the last 10 years it’s safe to say most shippers have a love hate relationship with their carrier. One point of contention that never goes away is...

Oct 31

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Proposed Tank Car Rulemaking

By everestrailcar Latest News, News, Tank Cars, Uncategorized

There are some big changes when it comes to shipping crude and packing group I & II products via rail. Below is a link to the article about the new tank car rule making: U.S. DOT Announces Comprehensive Proposed Rulemaking for the Safe Transportation of Crude Oil, Flammable Materials -...

Sep 05

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Tank Cars and PD Hoppers

By everestrailcar Covered Hoppers, Latest News, News, Tank Cars

Currently Everest Railcar Services is aggressively looking to purchase and lease tank cars and pressure differential covered hoppers. Currently we have small groups of 21,000 - 23,500 gallon coiled insulated tank cars and both small and large cube PD covered hoppers available for lease. Please use the "Contact a Specialist...

Sep 05

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New Look

By everestrailcar Latest News, News, Uncategorized

If you have visited our site before you may have noticed that we have changed things up a bit. We have updated the and added features and improve the overall style with the goal of improving overall experience. As we continue to grow our company we are committed to reinvesting in our...

Get Back, Get Back- “Inflation”

OT-5, Railinc, and UMLER

Pressure Differential Covered Hoppers

New Mill Gondolas

Railroad Industry Indexes

Lease Rate Isn’t Everything

Railroads and Customer Service

Proposed Tank Car Rulemaking

Tank Cars and PD Hoppers

New Look

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