RMI Announces Second Annual Fast Track Award Recipients.

Winners to be Recognized in the 2007 Fast Track Award Calendar

ATLANTA -- RMI, the market leader and largest independent provider of accurate, reliable, comprehensive and secure rail information services to the transportation industry, announces today the 2007 Fast Track Award winners. Award recipients will be recognized in the 2007 Fast Track Award calendar. Now in its second year, the Fast Track Award program honors 12 RMI customers who exemplify RMI's goal to streamline processes and improve procedures in the rail industry.

The Fast Track award is specifically designed to recognize RMI's RailConnect and ShipperConnect "power users," those that maximize the value of RMI's services by implementing procedures that result in more comprehensive automation of manual processes, improved information capture and reporting, greater accounting control, enhanced asset management or more efficient processes in any capacity.

"Fast Track Award winners are RMI customers who have continually demonstrated unique and creative ways of improving their businesses through the use of RMI's products and services," says Paul Pascutti, vice president marketing of RMI. "This is the second year of the Fast Track Awards and we at RMI are proud that this year's winners continue to improve upon the successes that were established last year. Several winners were honored both this year and last as they continue to demonstrate advanced use of RMI's technology in improving their overall operation."

2007 Winners

The following 2007 winners are being recognized by various internal and external promotions within the industry.

* Renewable Products Marketing Group: With the implementation of RMI's ShipperConnnect FMS and eBOL services, Renewable Products Marketing Group has been able to reduce transit times by two days.

* The Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA): Using advance yard blocking and car scheduling tools, PTRA has greatly improved the percentage of cars moving according to plan and reduced terminal dwell time by eight hours.

* Eljin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJE): Using eBOL with its shippers and the ability of RailConnect TMS to process bills of lading from other sources, EJE, now receives over 75 percent of its billing electronically, resulting in significant accounting efficiencies.

* New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW): Over the past two years, NYSW has fully incorporated eBOL and scheduled FMS reports resulting in a 28 percent decrease in transit times for cars loaded by its customers.

* Chicago Rail Link (CRL): Using RMI's RailConnect TMS automated services, CRL has experienced greater efficiencies and reduced errors on inbound waybills by 25 percent.

* CSX Transportation (CSXT): As the operator of the largest railroad in the Eastern United States, CSXT utilized RMI's Car Management Business Intelligence tool to decrease car hire expenses and improve car utilization.

* The Central California Traction Company (CCT): With RMI RailConnect reports, CCT management has been able to plan effectively and CCT operations have been moving cars efficiently and safely.

* Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company (WGN): Prior to implementing RailConnect BMS and TMS, WGN reported its barge and tug locations manually, using fax and email. Now, with the help of RMI, WGN is the first inland waterway carrier to use RailConnect to ensure that the transportation and material handling services are reported and invoiced properly.

* Chemims de Fer du Quebec/Quebec Railway Corporation (QFQ/QRC): QFQ/QRC has utilized RailConnect to automate many aspects of its operations and as a result not only have they have been recognized for the best overall TRAIN II reporting for the past two years at the CN Short Line Conference, but they have also greatly reduced no-bills and improved customer satisfaction.

* Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC): Just a few years ago, CRANDIC lacked an effective process for handling switching and trace requests generated by their customers. Now, over 99 percent of CRANDIC's customers use ShipperConnect to release, order and trace cars.

* Indiana Rail Road (INRD): After acquiring 92 miles of mainline track and trackage rights into Chicago and Louisville, Indiana Rail Road saw an opportunity to overhaul its processes. They provided all their customers with ShipperConnect and saw crew efficiency improve by 25 percent in two months and a reduction in phone calls and faxes.

* Farmrail (FMRC): Using the tools in RailConnnect TMS, EMS and ShipperConnect services, Farmrail has been able to enhance the efficiency of its operation, improve customer service and minimize cost. They were also recognized as one of five short lines to achieve 100 percent timely reporting of TRAIN II events.

Choices for the Fast-Track awards are based on several criteria including use of advanced RailConnect features such as ShipperConnect, Inbound Blocking Tables, SuperTrip and the RailConnect Query Tool. The program also requires consistently high percentage compliance with TRAIN II reporting standards.

Railroads and shippers interested in being considered for the 2008 Fast Track Awards should contact Jennie Baker at 404-355-6734 or [e-mail] for more information on the criteria, nomination process and application. Nominations will be accepted starting in May 2007.

About RMI

RMI is the largest independent provider of accurate, reliable, comprehensive and secure rail information services to the transportation industry. Founded in 1979, RMI is recognized as the most successful Business Services Provider (BSP) in the industry with an in-depth knowledge of rail operations and a proven ability to translate complex business processes into valuable management information services. Currently, RMI processes approximately seven million carloads annually for railroads, rail shippers and railcar owners. RMI's services are accessed via the Internet through RailConnect[R] (www.railconnect.com), a web-based portal to the company's integrated suite of proprietary information services, which are used to manage rail operations, improve customer service and reduce costs. Services include transportation, revenue, equipment, shipper freight and fleet management services and related executive information systems. RMI is an independent, privately owned company based in Atlanta. For more information about RMI, visit www.railcarmgt.com.