COSTS AND PROFITABILITY OF LIGHT DENSITY BRANCH LINES: BN VS. SHORT LINE OWNERSHIP

Three sets of light-density lines in North Dakota were analyzed with respect to the potential economies to be gained from short line operation. The three networks consisted of: 1) a single, 81-mile branch line with a density of nine cars per mile; 2) a 667-mile regional network with 20 cars per mile; and 3) a 211-mile network with 35 cars per mile. Each network was analyzed first as a light-density subsystem of the Burlington Northern Railroad, and then as an independent short line operation.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=88
• Supplemental Notes:
  • PREPARED BY THE UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE OTHER PHYS. DESCRIPTION: 18 LEAVES MAPS COVER TITLE JULY 1987 ADDL CORP. AUTHOR INFO: UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052
• Publication Date: 1987-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Serial:
  • UGPTI Staff Paper
  • Publisher: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Branch lines; Railroads; Rates
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00550401
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FPAPERN85
• Files: TLIB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM