NEW FACILITIES FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC AT ALLIANCE

As part of Burlington Northern's preparation for increased coal traffic in unit trains from Montana and Wyoming, a $46 million car and locomotive facility has been installed at Alliance, NE. In addition to describing this facility for repairing 1000 cars and maintaining 60 locomotives daily, this article also discusses the "fast track" basis for designing and constructing this shop to assure it would be in place as BN train movements increased.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Seventy-ninth Technical Conference, AREA, held March 24-26, 1980, Palmer House, Chicago.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering Association

  2000 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Woxland, M O
• Publication Date: 1980-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 390-401
• Serial:
  • AREA BULLETIN
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 678
  • Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Freight cars; Locomotives; Maintenance facilities; Project management; Shopping facilities; Unit trains; Vehicle maintenance
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car maintenance; Locomotive maintenance; Project analysis
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323208
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM