THE RAILCAR SITUATION AND GRAIN CARRYING CAPACITY

The extreme railcar shortage, that occurred during 1972-74 because of increased exports, has now eased. The car shortage problem has sometimes been blamed on an inadequate fleet, but there are strong indications that capacity may be improved as readily by increasing car size and improving car utilization as by increasing car numbers, at least for the grains. Because grain stocks, both privately held and Government owned, are down and storage facilities appear adequate, railcar shortages during 1975 are unlikely to strain the transportation system as occurred during 1972-74.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Agriculture

  Economic Research Service
  Washington, DC  United States  20250
• Authors:
  • Hammond, J J
  • Reinsel, E I
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 15-19
• Serial:
  • Marketing and Transportation Situation
  • Publisher: Department of Agriculture

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural products; Car shortages (Railroads); Car supply (Railroads); Forecasting; Freight traffic; Grain; Traffic forecasting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Grain trade
• Old TRIS Terms: Agricultural traffic; Car shortage; Car supply
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084912
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Marketing and Transportation Situation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1975 12:00AM