Rail service on the right track--finally: improved networks and service allow rail and intermodal to capture from the highway. (rail/intermodal). From: Transportation & Distribution | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Richardson, Helen L. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

After a merger, it takes five years to work out the bugs, says Phil Yeager, chairman of the Hub Group. Few would claim rail service to be bug-free, but service improvements promised in the wake of the merger fever of several years ago are finally materializing.

"The railroad network is a far cry from what it was just two to three years ago," says Barry Butzow, senior vice president of transportation for C.H. Robinson. "They're putting forth a lot more effort to design ne...