AMERICAN SHORTLINE RAILROAD DATABASE: PROJECT REPORT AND 1993 DATA ANALYSIS

The project is a completed three-year study of American shortline railroad data systems. It consists of three phases: 1) a feasibility study; 2) initial database design, development and testing; and, 3) 1993 data collection and analysis. In Phase II a prototype software system was designed, developed, and tested. In Phase III, 1993 data were collected from the railroad industry, using the data entry software and a paper questionnaire.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=329
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, Upper Plains Transportation Inst. Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Publication Date: 1995-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 235 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data collection; Databases; Design; Development; Feasibility analysis; Mathematical analysis; Short line railroads; Testing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714579
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC-95-42
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1995 12:00AM