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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 28, 2015).
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Text document in PDF format.
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"January 16, 2009."
Summary
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) monitors freight railroad rates in the United States. Periodically, the STBs Section of Economics distills its data and analysis of freight rail rates into formal reports that are shared with the Board and the public. This updated report summarizes our latest findings on trends in freight railroad rates and brings our measurement of the rail rate index up through 2007. The data used to prepare this report come from the STBs Carload Waybill Sample (Waybill Sample). Certain limitations exist with this information that will be discussed in detail later; however, we find that the data present a useful way to monitor rates. In addition, we have significantly improved our rate index so it does a better job accounting for changes in service type and car ownership.
