Jessica Kahanek

Waco, TX transplant in @ShawDC. Married to @lewisalowe. Mom to feral boys. @AAR_FreightRail Comms. @MiamiUniversity Grad. All views my own.

[AAR @AAR_FreightRail]

Freight rail employees are among the highest-paid workers in the country—earning 40% more than the private sector average.

But it’s not just about pay. Rail careers offer long-term stability, hands-on training, and upward mobility across fields like engineering, IT, and dispatching.

Many employees stay for decades—because freight rail isn’t just a job. It’s a career that delivers.

Get the full story: https://t.co/kCZ33HXmnF

#americasengine

[AAR @AAR_FreightRail]

Here’s to K-9 Johnny: expert sniffer, loyal partner, and rail safety icon. Now retired after 10 years of service.🤍💙

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@dog_rates

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

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[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

When you are +14 hours into delays leaving Dallas, your coffee becomes larger than your laptop. Thanks @AmericanAir.

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

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[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

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[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

From Waco to the world. @washingtonpost tackling the big questions about the "freaky anomaly, a brand shrouded in mystery"

https://t.co/K1WmwtT3Qp

[AAR @AAR_FreightRail]

As the most fuel-efficient way to move goods over land, freight railroads invest in new technologies to build a greener future.

@WSJ explores railroad efforts to make today’s locomotive fleet even cleaner & drive innovation to unlock tomorrow’s solutions. https://t.co/VzuqgUQkL7

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

Bringing the railroad to this not so little guy's school was the best part of the week! Cool parent status secure at least until the inevitable battle over candy or TV.

[AAR @AAR_FreightRail]

SAFETY FIRST: It's never too early to learn the most important lesson in railroading. Thank you to Cleveland Elementary in Washington, DC for inviting AAR to its Career Day to introduce railroading - and the ways it touches all of our lives - to potential future railroaders!

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

@TSnyderDC Believe I made this during the reign of @samjmintz .

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

@keohaneja Same. But I get paid to do that.

[Lee Klaskow @LogisticsLee]

Improving service levels will be critical for the railroad industry to win market share from other modes. In this Talking Transports podcast, @AAR_FreightRail (AAR) President and CEO Ian Jefferies joins me to discuss how the #railroad industry is focused on providing a safer and more predictable service, which along with infrastructure investments could help capture share from #trucking. This might help the industry surpass peak #intermodal volume reached in 2018. Rails have changed their approach to labor based on the lessons learned from the pandemic era. Jefferies also discusses how proposed regulations could affect railroads, and the merits of precision operations. Check out the episode here:

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[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

For the 3rd time in ~5 weeks, we have had a @dcwater main break on our block. When I called to for an estimate on when we'd have water, I was given the helpful response of "uhh I dunno."

I get that things happen & the city has some really old pipes. This is ridiculous though.

[The Exchange @CNBCTheExchange]

.@AAR_FreightRail CEO on the impact of rail closures at the Texas border: "It's time to stop holding American farmers and businesses hostage and allow them to move their goods across the border – goods that so many people rely upon."

[Bill Nelson @SenBillNelson]

Progress to the pad for #Artemis II continues! After a cross-country trip by rail, @NASAKennedy welcomed the 10 booster motor segments for the @NASA_SLS rocket Monday. The five-segment solid rocket boosters will be the first elements of SLS that are installed on the mobile launcher at Kennedy for stacking.

[Josh Funk @Funkwrite]

Freight railroads work to expand access to their AskRail tool so first responders can quickly look up what's on a train after a derailment. They hope to avoid a repeat of East Palestine when it took firefighters 45 minutes to get that info. https://t.co/S2ynaxHv9Q

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

“About two-thirds of the new investment in clean energy is in Republican-controlled states, where policymakers have historically resisted renewables. But with each passing month, the politics seem to matter less than the economics.”

https://t.co/hMJSeTYJ5g

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

At 4 months old, this was our oldest son's first late night out. He was named after my grandfather who worked on Mercury through the space shuttle. @lewisalowe

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

A milestone in human history, #OTD in 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. In 2019, the Washington Monument served as the backdrop for “Apollo 50: Go for the Moon,” featuring a full-scale projection of the 363-ft tall Saturn V rocket on its stone walls.

[Jessica Kahanek @JKahanek]

#BarbietheMovie is pulling into the station! 🚂 twitter's favorite pink darling: