The Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently released their second ‘State of the Industry’ report, which includes new research from Towson University’s Regional Economic Studies Institute (RESI). For the first time ever, there is data available that quantifies the economic impact that railroads have on the American economy and the American landscape. The new data clearly shows that the robust and diverse American economy that we enjoy would be stifled without the ample access to global markets that our world-class railroads provide.