The
Railroad Week in Review:
Public Archives, Fourth Quarter 2001
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- Week
ending December 30
UP earnings warning -- 87 to 90 cents a share, down
from the consensus 93 cents; Rail stock winners and losers for 2000;
RAIL makes further progress in debt reduction; WIR goes to paid format
effective Jan 1, 2001.
- Week
ending December 23
NS earnings warning for 4Q00 -- 5 cents to a dime a
share vs. the consensus estimate of 20 cents; CSXT emergency teams save
the day at hazmat derailment in Philadelphia; Some thoughts on why real
rail freight rates have fallen; Short interest decline for most rail
stocks.
- Week
ending December 17
Mike Haverty will takes reins as Chairman of KCS; RAIL,
CSX in consortium to run Estonian railway; StatesRail names Dan Lovelady
VP and Chief Operating Office effective January 1; Federal Railroad
Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris to leave office Dec. 31; GNWR November
2000 carloads off 5% in North America and up nearly two-fold in Australia;
further dispatches from the front on the battle over control of Wisconsin
Central -- possible freight fallout in the UK. Extra: Report from London.
- Week
ending December 9
Report on CSXT shortline meeting; Further progress in web-based rate
quotes; review of EMON Annual Report; BNSF's FreightWise debuts successfully.
- Week
ending December 2
Why some rail stocks may offer attractive alternatives to dot-coms for
appreciation; Economic harbingers for 2001; WC mulls selling off individual
pieces; EWS wins grant to build access to Bristol port; Mike Ward named
President of CSXT, other positive signs; NS announces another buyout.
Shortline Extra: Outlook for
shortlines and why some will fail in 2001.
- Week
ending November 25 (Thanksgiving Extra)
Ranking the rails stock price appreciation potentials for 2001; CPR
a sleeper.
- Week
ending November 18
RailAmerica completes final phase of $100 mm program to sell off non-core
assets and reduce debt; Further details on WCLX palace coup, including
names of Burkhardt Group subscribers; GNWR October carloads; BNSF a
Cluetrain subscriber
- Week
ending November 11
Rails retain their cool while market slips badly; Terrible equipment
utilization as one of the chief causes of congestion; GNWR completes
Bolivian transaction; RailAmerica wins a slot on the Forbes 200 Best
Small Companies List; WCLX downgraded; Texas DOT acquires shortline
to save it from extinction
- Week
ending November 4
Valuing KCS -- stock multiples vs. sum of the parts; Wisconsin Central's
story is one fraught with challenges; GNWR conference call was predominantly
good news; Notes from the BNSF shortline meeting in Fort Worth.
- Week
ending October 28
BNSF, CN, CP, NS, CSX report quarterly earnings. Common thread: fuel
costs way up, earnings improve nonetheless on better revenues and asset
yields.
- Week
ending October 21
CP shortline meeting gets high marks; UP takes quarterly earnings to
Wall Street -- looking better fore than aft; Class 1s say "Paper Barriers"
not a major concern; CN chides US rails on cross-border process.
- Week
ending October 14
Ann Thoma's report on the EWS; US rails concerned about impact of high
levels of grain storage on equipment availability; St Joe spins off
Florida East Coast; Two Oregon shortlines team up with UP to speed interchange
and car forwarding; More fallout from STB's proposed merger rules.
- Week
ending October 7
Synopsis of STB's proposed merger rules; Stock market reacts -- sort
of; RailAmerica announces more line sales.
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