RAILROAD FREIGHT MOVEMENT--SOME NEW CONCEPTS AND CURRENT PLANS

There are a number of techniques that have established trends away from the traditional single-car shipment concept. They are: (1) Trailer on flatcar; (2) container on flatcar; (3) minitrain; (4) unit train; and (5) volume movement. Several other techniques have established trends toward fewer switching yards in major urban centers. They are: (1) prior classification outside the destination area; (2) run-through trains; (3) consolidation and relocation of rail facilities farther from the city center; and (4) mergers and coordination between roads. As these techniques remove more and more of the large block movements from the switching load, and the volume of single-car shipments drops, it will be more and more difficult to give frequent service to these remaining single-car shipments on the one hand, and maintain train tonnages on the other. This may require more frequent switching or smaller trains.

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• Authors:
  • Sargent, G A
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 475-487
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: TE2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car distribution (Railroads); Car utilization (Railroads); Containerization; Containers; Freight service; Intermodal transportation; Piggyback transportation; Run through trains; Unit trains
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054764
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: #10562 Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM