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The Motley Fool July 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Canadian National Suffers a Loon Bite The risks at Canadian National are pretty much the same as for the other Class 1 rail operators -- namely, that economic growth slows and the railroad companies see a reduction in demand (in terms of carload) and/or less pricing power.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Christopher Barker	Efficiency Gains Will Run Out of Tracks Quarter after quarter, the railroad industry has squeezed every ounce of profit imaginable out of deteriorating revenue streams by fine-tuning costs and operating efficiency, but for how much longer can this continue?
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The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Toby Shute	This Rail's Anything but Frail Corn, coal, and other commodities fuel rail operator CSX's strong results.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Norfolk Southern's Crazy Train Today's victim is Norfolk Southern, and unlike innocent victims that preceded it, the company tied its own noose in the form of missing estimates this time around. This is not what investors wanted to hear.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Christopher Barker	Railroads Go 2-for-2 With Grand Slam Profits Norfolk Southern continues to make way against economic headwinds.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Norfolk Southern the Rail to Ride? This railroad company produced solid operating metrics for the fourth quarter and appears to have a somewhat reasonable valuation.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Christopher Barker	Full Steam Ahead for Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern beats expectations with record earnings.
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The Motley Fool October 5, 2009 Christopher Barker	A Boost for the Green Revolution The widespread efforts to promote green technologies incorporating lithium-ion batteries just became a little easier, as the world's largest lithium producer, Chile's Sociedad Quimica y Minera, announces a voluntary 20% reduction in its price for lithium.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Christopher Barker	Get a Better Deal Than Buffett According to a recent filing, Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has purchased another 4.36 million shares of rail carrier Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Can you get a better deal than he did?
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Christopher Barker	Bound for Glory, But This Train May Stop Despite an impressive quarterly result, the tracks ahead are twisted for rail carrier CSX.
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The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Waiting for Genesee & Wyoming's Next Move With ample capital at hand, acquisitions are almost certainly a "when" not "if" question for the short-line rail operator. The slide in the stock price (down 30% in less than a month) makes this very, very tempting.
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The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Matt Hoffman	The Next Buffett? The world's first potential "carbon billionaire" could be Al Gore, one of the leading advocates of the Green Revolution -- a conscious government effort akin to the development of the Internet, aimed at making renewable energy and clean technologies a reality.
Popular Mechanics January 2006 Josh Dean	The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution.
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BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	All Aboard Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern skidded when second-quarter operating earnings missed analysts' forecasts because of reduced tax credits.
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The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Norfolk Southern Brings It Home The last Class 1 railroad reports its earnings this quarter. Reported revenue rose 17% this quarter as the company coupled a 5% increase in volume (as measured by carloads) with a nearly 12% improvement in pricing and mix.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Anders Bylund	CSX Passes the Buck: Fool by Numbers The fast facts on railroad operator CSX, whose fiscal 2007 earnings show the company reported its best full-year operating ratio in a decade.
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IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Willie Jones	Hydrogen on Track While much attention has been focused on fuel-cell-powered passenger cars, a little-noticed but promising development has been taking place in rail transportation and heavy industry, where experiments with hydrogen-fuel-cell propulsion are well under way.
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