HOW TO REACH THAT NORTH SLOPE OIL: SOME ALTERNATIVES AND THEIR ECONOMICS

This article suggests that a high capacity continental railroad may be far better than the proposed Alaska pipeline. The two major proposals to move the oil were for the pipeline and for ocean tankers via the Northwest Passage. Proposals for railroads have not received much attention. This proposal presents two alternate routes for heavy duty double track railroads from Alaska to Montana. The paper considers relative costs. Unit trains of tank cars are proposed. Added benefits would be the ability of the railroad to carry other Alaskan products and Alaskan needs, and also tourists.

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • RICE, R A
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • Technology Review
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1099-274X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cold weather; Energy resources; Governments; Operations; Petroleum industry; Planning; Policy
• Identifier Terms: Alaska North Slope oil; Alaska North Slope railroad plan
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis; Petroleum trade
• Old TRIS Terms: Government planning; Government policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054753
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM