Author: Publisher:
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Category : Bus drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
ShortLine Operational Support System
Author: Short Line Railroad Operations as an Alternative to Loss of Rail Service
Author: John Fitzgerald DuePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The report asserts the probability of future widespread abandonments of branchline rail freight service. It stipulates the circumstances in which abandonments are most likely to occur, and assesses the negative impacts that may result. It is suggested that short line railroad operations may be an alternative to the complete loss of rail service. The report describes the savings that may accrue through a changeover from major railroad ownership to short line operation. Alternative institutional and financial mechanisms for establishing and operating short line roads are discussed. A broad description of capital and operating costs is given. Finally, several examples are provided of successful short line operations in the United States.
Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service
Author: David P. SimpsonPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309097932
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Efforts to preserve rail corridors or restore rail service to dormant rail alignments across the United States are very uneven. A handful of states have aggressive, well-funded programs to support the preservation or reuse of rail alignments; more states have modest programs to support short line operations on a case-by-case basis, but attach no value to corridor retention per se. In 2005, California completed what is perhaps the nations most comprehensive physical plant inventory of active and abandoned rail corridors; a review driven by interest in passenger rail and nonmotorized corridor interests. A foundation has been set to more fully lever these valuable alignments in this country's most populous state. This synthesis was undertaken to document current practices with respect to rail corridor preservation. State departments of transportation (DOTs), selected metropolitan planning organizations, commuter rail agencies, short line holding companies, and Class I rail carriers were all surveyed for information. Response rates to the survey were moderate, averaging 24%, and overall supporting the notion that preservation of rail alignments is not a high-priority issue in many jurisdictions. A handful of state respondents, however, had a great deal of experience and valuable observations on rail preservation policies and could be said to have become experts on this subject through their dealings with several dozen rail corridors over the past two decades. North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania DOTs each have serious, well-established rail sections and a history of successful preservation efforts.
Short Line and Regional Railroads
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface TransportationPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Technical Bulletin
Author: Abandonment of Rail Service, Southwest Wisconsin
Author: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1988
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Recent Tanker Accidents
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oil spills
Languages : en
Pages : 1374
Book Description
EBOOK: Operations and Supply Chain Management, Global edition
Author: F. Robert JacobsPublisher: McGraw Hill
ISBN: 0077151631
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 797
Book Description
Resourceful companies today must successfully manage the entire supply flow, from the sources of the firm, through the value-added processes of the firm, and on to the customers of the firm. The fourteenth Global Edition of Operations and Supply Chain Management provides well-balanced coverage of managing people and applying sophisticated technology to operations and supply chain management.
Proceedings of the ... IEEE/ASME Joint Rail Conference
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description