Freight railroads provide some of America’s safest, best-paying jobs—driving the economy, advancing safety technology, and investing billions privately each year to ease the taxpayer …

Founded in 1934, AAR is the world's leading railroad policy, research, standard setting and technology organization that focuses on the safety and productivity of the U.S. freight rail …

The Association of American Railroads is your trusted source for comprehensive data and analysis on North American freight rail. Our expert economists offer a variety of statistical …

The Association of American Railroads’ NAR Program captures U.S. and Canadian data on non-accident releases, maintains a computerized database of these incidents and encourages the …

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Learn the basics about the freight rail industry, including how the North American network powers our country's economy.

Thanks in part to private investments into technology, infrastructure and equipment, freight rail is the safest way to move goods over land.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) represents North America’s freight rail industry, promoting safety, efficiency, and innovation. AAR advocates policy, provides technical …