Media
Industry Information
Freight and Passenger Rail/High-Speed Rail
- AAR Comments on Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service (431K PDF File)
- Letter to the FRA: June 5, 2009
- Preparing for Growth: Strengthening Railroads and Restoring Infrastructure (30K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points
- Freight and Passenger Rail: Present and Future Roles, Performance, Benefits and Needs
- Jim Young, Chairman and CEO testifies before U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Antitrust
- Association of American Railroads Urges Congress to Reconsider the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009
- AAR News Release: May 19, 2009
- AAR Testimony at the Hearing on H.R. 233 Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 (PDF File)
- J. Michael Hemmer, senior vice president, Law and general counsel, UPRR
- Maintain Railroad Antitrust Laws (83K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points
- Rail Anti-Trust Bill Will Impose Confusing, Overlapping Regulatory Scheme
- AAR News Release: March 5, 2009
Balanced Regulation
- Railroad Regulation - A Smart, Balanced Approach (34K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points
- Railroad Re-Regulation is Way Off Track
- AAR Talking Points: HR2125/S.953 Would Deny Railroads Billions of Dollars Each Year
The Economy
- Belt Tightening, But Planning for Growth (86K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points
- Rail-Friendly Policies Key to Getting the Nation’s Economy Back on Track
- AAR News Release: Feb. 26, 2009
- Getting America Moving Again - Railroads and the Economy (34K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points
- Miles of Idled Boxcars Leave Towns Singing the Freight-Train Blues
- As slumping railroads run out of parking, an Indiana hamlet is divided by a wall of cars.
From The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 23, 2009
The Environment
- Clean Skies, Clear Roads, Healthy Lives: Railroads and the Environment (29K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points
- TIH: A Hazardous Liability (30K PDF File)
- AAR Talking Points: Reward Us For Our Safety. Don't Punish Us For Our Success.
OneRail Coalition
- News Release (240K PDF File)
- "Advocates for Environment, Freight and Passenger Rail and Transportation Reform Unite to Promote Rail Investment" (1/15/09)
- Statement of Principles (215K PDF File)
- Stimulus and Economic Recovery Legislation (236K PDF File)
- Letter to President-elect Barack Obama
- GoRail
- GoRail is a national grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to keeping railroaders and others who care about rail informed about policies that affect the freight rail industry.
