Technology’s long, and likely continuing, impact on freight rail headcount

The freight railroads’ industrywide deployment of technology has been a key factor in headcount fluctuations throughout the decades. 

But technology’s impact on the number of employees working for the U.S. freight railroads in the future could depend on the railroads’ balance sheet goals or on federal or state intervention, according to industry observers.

Headcount levels typically reflect market demand for rail service, with higher...

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