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      <title>Changes in rail rates for U.S. commodity grain shipments over time</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The deregulation of the U.S. railroad industry has largely been considered a success, as costs and rates have fallen due to changes in the mix of traffic and industry consolidation. However, rates did not fall as quickly as costs, and since 2000 rates have been rising while many measures of cost have remained relatively stable. The authors investigate these changes in rail rates using a sample of agricultural shipments from 2000–2016. The authors provide evidence that even after controlling for changes in cost drivers such as fuel, the relationships between prices and determinants have changed over time, suggesting that railroad pricing rules have driven increases in rates faced by shippers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:10:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Analysis of Rail Rates for Grain in North Dakota: An Alternative to the Crow's Nest Pass Rates?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this paper were primarily two-fold. First, a descriptive analysis of rail rates for wheat from North Dakota was performed. Rates were examined for both eastbound (Duluth/Superior) and westbound (Portland) movements. Rate spreads (differentials) were analyzed as well as rate/distance relationships. Second, applicable rail costs of a typical wheat movement from North Dakota were calculated. In addition, formulated rail costs were compared to rates to give a revenue/cost relationship.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Effects of Rail Rate Changes on Regional Grain Marketing Patterns and Prices: A Case Study</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A case study approach is used to document shifts in HRS what marketing patterns based on changes in relative freight rates. The scenario details how changes in freight rates can affect movements of grain from two regions to one market destination.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Surface Transportation Board (STB): Background and Current Issues</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1907160</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is an independent federal agency tasked with economic regulation of common carriers engaged in interstate commerce. It most often deals with issues facing the railroad industry (which will be the focus of much of this report), but its authority also extends to motor carriers, waterborne carriers, and pipelines under certain circumstances. This overview of STB for Congress covers the following topics: STB governance and structure, authority to set maximum rates, proposals for reform in rate reviews, "captive shippers" and competitive service, demurrage charges and the railcar supply, freight railroad mergers and the public interest, passenger rail track access and on-timer performance, and STB authority in nonrail modes including motor carriers, water carriers, pipelines, and brokers and freight forwarders. Data includes STB decisions issued, FY2018-FY2020, STB operating budget, FY2016-FY2020, STB rail rate case outcomes since 1996, and STB rail case methods used since 1996.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:27:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rail Price Competition in the Upper Great Plains: A Post Stagger's Development?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in the grain pricing practices of railroads in the Upper Great Plains pre- and post-Staggers Rail Act. This paper will attempt to determine if any observable pricing practice changes have taken place and if product and geographic competition have been effective in preventing rate discrimination.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:42:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Multiple Car Rates and Merchandising Methods</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The grain handling and transportation system in North Dakota is experiencing tremendous infrastructural change. Multiple car grain rates, rail line abandonments, energy considerations and technological advances are corollary factors, among others, influencing this transition. Managers of country elevators are faced with decisions concerning capital investment, mergers and/or consolidations, marketing techniques, marketing instruments, plant location, and others. The current response has been to develop a marketing system that will attain efficiencies in both grain handling and transportation. There are economic incentives to develop a system of large country elevators (subterminals) that are capable of shipping grain in multiple car segments. However, many factors must be considered before such a system is developed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Analysis of Market Trade Areas and Costs of Potential Subterminal Grain Elevators in North Dakota</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1898120</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of market trade area size on costs of alternative grain elevator systems in North Dakota. In addition, marketing densities, which directly affect size of trade area, will be examined.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:11:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Asymmetric Effects of Deregulation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Since partial deregulation of the railroad industry in 1980, rail rates have fallen in real terms, leading many observers to conclude that deregulation has been a success. Yet, previous studies of the effects of deregulation on aggregate rate levels are inconclusive in identifying deregulation as the reason for lower rates. In this paper, the author develops a conceptual model that nests a variety of possible effects of deregulation on the rates charged for transporting individual commodities. Deregulation may affect rates differently depending on the nature of pricing in regulated and non-regulated states, the level of cost savings from deregulation, and the price elasticity of demand. The model is used to examine the effects of deregulation on 34 different commodity classifications. The results suggest deregulation significantly affected almost all commodities, affected commodities asymmetrically, and had effects that vary through time. Initially, deregulation increased rates for some commodities, had no effect on others, and decreased rates on still others. However, by 1988, deregulation lessened rates for almost all commodities, with the largest declines being associated with long hauls and heavy loads.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:43:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Red River Trade Corridor Logistics Services</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The logistical system within the Red River Trade Corridor region will play a key role in determining the success of this North American trade corridor. This report has four objectives: (1) an inventory of shipping services in and through the Red River Trade Corridor by rail and motor carrier; (2) rate fundamentals of shipping commodities by rail or truck; (3) mileage radii within a one-day, two-day, and three-day shipping period by rail and truck from Fargo, North Dakota; and (4) an inventory of shipping services and the most-used modes for shipping non-bulk commodities or manufactured goods to European ports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:05:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Effects of Rail Contract Rates on North Dakota and Minnesota Country Grain Elevators</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1891706</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This paper is an expanded version of a report submitted to the Office of Transportation Analysis, Interstate Commerce Commission regarding the competitive impacts of rail rate contracts on country grain elevators. The project was conducted concurrent with similar studies in several other grain producing states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Synopsis of Staggers Rail Act of 1980</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A synopsis is presented of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Grain Transportation: Some Current Problems</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Current problems which exist in North Dakota grain transportation are varied and many, with freight rates being a chief issue. Problems concerning freight rates include, but are not limited to, the absolute level of the rate relative to the cost of providing the service, monopoly rates on such traffic as malting barley to Minneapolis/St. Paul, competitive rates from other producing regions such as Canada and Nebraska, and prohibitively high domestic rates and general percentage ex parte rate increases.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:04:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Impacts of Seasonal Rail Rates on Grain Flows and Storage in North Dakota</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1891343</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reported in this paper is an analysis of the influence of seasonal rail rates on the movement of wheat, on transport modes, and on location of storage facilities. Specific objectives were to describe the historical conditions associated with seasonal rail grain rates in North Dakota; to check for trends and seasonality patterns in grain flows from North Dakota and for trends in storage capacity and grain inventory locations; to evaluate the extent to which seasonal rates have affected the modal share and timing of grain shipments and location of new grain storage capacity; and to identify economic incentives provided by different levels of seasonal rates and attempt to gauge their influence on grain flows from North Dakota.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:04:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Competitive Transportation Rate Ranges for North Dakota Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheats and Flour in Domestic and Export Markets 1965 and Projected to 1970 and 1975</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this study are: 1) to determine the potential West Coast market for hard red spring and durum wheat; 2) to assess the existing and potential capacity for producing spring wheat in North Dakota; and 3) to determine the impact on the North Coast and Intermountain flour milling industry of reductions in westbound domestic rail freight rates on hard red spring and durum wheat.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Optimum Distribution Patterns for Durum Wheat and Flour in Domestic and Export Markets 1965 and Projected to 1970 and 1975</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1888807</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this study are: 1) to determine the potential West Coast market for hard red spring and durum wheat; 2) to assess the existing and potential capacity for producing spring wheat in North Dakota; and 3) to determine the impact on the North Coast and Intermountain flour milling industry of reductions in westbound domestic rail freight rates on hard red spring and durum wheat.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
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