THE COAL FUTURE. COAL TRANSPORTATION - UNIT TRAINS-SLURRY AND PNEUMATIC PIPELINES. APPENDIX F

As one phase of a comprehensive study grant by the National Science Foundation, coal transportation in unit trains and by pneumatic and slurry pipelines was examined. Appendix F summarizes relative costs. It is concluded that rebuilding an existing roadbed to the highest of standards would produce transportation costs only half those of a new slurry pipeline. Construction of a new railroad is more expensive, but slurry pipelines have not yet solved some of the major problems of water handling and power failure.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available also from NTIS, PB-248652/0ST. See also report dated May 75, PB-248063.
• Corporate Authors:

  Center for Advanced Computation

  Illinois University
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 155 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Coal; Coal industry; Competition; Costs; Economic analysis; Freight traffic; Pipelines; Slurry pipelines; Transportation modes; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk traffic
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Pipelines; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126431
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CAC-163-App F Final Rpt., NSF/RA/N-75-037-F
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM