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Welcome to Don’t Dwell On It + Talk Track, the Telegraph podcasts that dive into all of the nitty gritty that makes up the freight rail industry. Follow along wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts for plenty of thoughtful conversations, real-world insights, + bold ideas on what is driving the industry forward.
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Don’t Dwell On It: How to Lose a Shipper in 10 Days
Don’t Dwell On It: How to Lose a Shipper in 10 Days How to lose a shipper in 10 days? Step one: make them log into six different portals. Step two: send a demurrage bill they can’t dispute without going…
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UP-NS Merger Concessions, Energy Prices + BNSF’s Barstow Bet
UP-NS Merger Concessions, Energy Prices + BNSF’s Barstow Bet The responsive applications are in + if you were hoping for a quiet autumn, we have bad news for you. David + Harris work through what BNSF, CSX, CPKC, + CN…
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Don’t Dwell On It: Good Freight Hunting
Don’t Dwell On It: Good Freight Hunting In “Good Freight Hunting”, Les Akin joins Harris + Sydney to trace a career that spans everything from being on a brokerage floor, to over on the shipper side, consultancy, + startups. They…
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Q3 2026 Freight Rail Forecast: Carload, Intermodal, + Bid Season Pricing
Harris + David break down the Fourth Edition of the Telegraph Market Consist, out now. What’s inside? Q2 carload volumes came in up 6% against our own forecast of down 5%, so the conversation starts with what the model missed,…
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Don’t Dwell On It: The Long + the Short of It
Roughly 140,000 miles of track. Around 600 railroads. Nearly 580 of them are shortlines. So why then does the industry still treat them like their kid brother? In this episode, Harris + Sydney delve into what actually defines a shortline…
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Freight vs Fiction: Rethinking Rail Metrics, Train Speed, + Capital Allocation
Harris + David unpack the presentation Harris delivered at MARS + the research behind it. The headline finding: train speed + volume are negatively correlated, which means record service metrics may say more about a thin network than a well-run…
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