Author: United States. Department of TransportationPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Railroad Abandonments and Alternatives
Author: United States. Department of TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Impact of U.S. Railroad Abandonment on Domestic Mineral Industries
Author: Ronald F. BalazikPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This Bureau of Mines study is intended to identify and evaluate potential effects of impending large-scale U.S. rail line closings (abandonment) on domestic nonfuel mineral industries. This is the first nationwide study of rail abandonment impacts focused on non-fuel minerals. The analysis presented is based principally on a survey of 200 rail freight records and on statistical tests that correlated 2,000 points in the Bureau's Mineral Industry Location System (MILS) with 700 prospective abandonments throughout the United States. The conclusions derived from the analysis can be useful in evaluating proposed national rail abandonment policy and legislation regarding non fuel mineral shipping. Among these conclusions are the following: (1) Certain mineral materials (especially fertilizers) are likely to account for a large percentage of the rail traffic affected by abandonment in the next few years, but the total tonnage involved will be small; (2) abandonment will adversely affect some mineral shippers, particularly local short haulers; and (3) abandonment could significantly reduce the opportunity to develop new resources or reopen defunct mining facilities. Despite these problems, however, the data examined in this study do not indicate that current abandonment trends will cause widespread disruption of domestic non fuel mineral shipping. (Out of print.).
Information Circular
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Rail Planning Manual
Author: United States. Federal Railroad AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Analysis and Evaluation of Past Experience in Rationalizing Railroad Networks
Author: James SlossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Railroad network rationalization constitutes a process of adjusting the size and configuration of the railroad plant and its utilization in conformity with current and prospective volumes of traffic to obtain optimum efficiency in costs and levels of service. This report reviews the nature and scope of prior efforts to rationalize rail networks, including the Transportation Act of 1920, the Emergency Transportation Act of 1933, abandonments, mergers, and rail-highway coordination. It has been found that, in most respects, these prior schemes have either failed entirely or have achieved less than their anticipated success. Numerous opportunities for improving industry performance have been hampered by interfirm rivalries, managerial insensitivity, employee organizations' opposition, and regulatory constraints imposed by statute or by directive. A recognition both of these restraining factors and of the potential benefits should advance the rationalization process in the future.
Supplemental Report to the Final System Plan for Restructuring Railroads in the Northeast and Midwest Region Pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
Author: United States Railway AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1814
Book Description
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Abandonment Between Wren, IA and Iroquois, SD
Author: Final System Plan for Restructuring Railroads in the Northeast and Midwest Region Pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
Author: United States Railway AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
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