HOW NORFOLK AND WESTERN FIGURES ITS RETURN ON EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT

This article describes six possible approaches to calculating the return on investment on freight cars. The determinants are assumptions about online and offline utilization and the inclusion or exclusion of earnings from offline railroads. One of the six analyses is recommended as the best single answer to a very complex question.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-2-23

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 22-24
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 177
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital investments; Cash flow; Contract rates; Economic analysis; Freight cars; Life cycle costing; Railcar ownership; Return on investment; Vehicle maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car maintenance; Per diem rates
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132983
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM