Rasesh (Rash) Shah is the CEO & Chairman of Boundary Rail, where he oversees all aspects of the firm's operations, including fleet acquisition, management, and customer service. A respected leader in the rail industry for more than four decades, Rash previously served as President of the Rail Group at The Andersons, where he founded the company's rail business in 1989 and grew it into one of North America's largest operating lessors with a fleet of more than 25,000 railcars.

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It wouldn’t be a normal year in freight rail logistics without someone sounding the alarm on infrastructure. Whether the headlines are buzzing about extreme weather patterns, severe bottlenecks, or new regulatory standards, a major debate is quietly playing out in the background of the industry. It comes down to a choice between two very different strategies: Hardening vs. Resilience. They sound like the same thing, but in practice, they couldn't be further apart. And for shi

Railroads often highlight that they are ~4x more fuel efficient than trucks, and over the long run, that’s true. But in the short term, fuel surcharge (FSC) mechanics can tell a very different story. Unlike trucking, where fuel surcharges adjust weekly based on DOE diesel averages, rail FSC programs typically lag 2–3 months behind fuel price movements. That delay is about to matter. As fuel prices surged earlier this year, rail FSCs remained relatively moderate. Consider the