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	Tallies, totals and other trend data in the freight transportation realm (2/19/2026) "The shipments component of the Cass Freight Index fell 7.1% year over year and 4.9% month over month in January, or 2.0% month over month in seasonally adjusted terms, reaching a new cycle low, Cass Information Systems Inc. officials said on Feb. 17.

	NS adds a wheel-detection system to its safety-enhancing technologies arsenal NS late last year implemented a wheel integrity system that combines AI with hands-on expertise to identify wheel defects before they become major issues.

	All tariffed out: Trade policy unpredictability, economic uncertainty top finance and leasing execs' concerns list for '26 Every January, we ask dozens of execs who work in the finance and leasing sector: Will this year be better than last year? Worse? Similar? Why? Most of the respondents were less than sanguine about the sector's 2026 prospects in a “better” context.

	New arctic region railway, port will help Canadian iron-ore mine ramp up production Far to the north in Canada’s sparsely populated Nunavut territory, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is prepping to start a Mary River mine project that involves the construction of a new railway.

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