A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING ROAD DAMAGE DUE TO RAILROAD BRANCHLINE ABANDONMENT
The current trend towards low-density rail abandonment is cause for great concern for the policy makers and planners of Kansas and other states. U.S. rail mileage decreased by 44 percent to 140,000 miles and the Kansas rail mileage was reduced by 24 percent to 7,086 miles in 1988 alone. Farmers, who generally sell their produce to elevators offering the highest bid price, would probably be inclined to ship their grain to elevators served directly by rail because of the tendency of these elevators to provide higher bid prices due to cheaper shipping costs. In addition, with discontinued rail service, elevators are forced to truck their grain to other elevators with rail service or to terminal elevators. This paper covers the results of research on the impact of rail line abandonment on road maintenance costs.
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Corporate Authors:
Center for Transportation Research and Education
2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
Ames, IA United States 50010-8664Iowa Department of Transportation
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Authors:
- Russell, E R
- Babcock, M W
- Mauler, C
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Conference:
- 1996 Semisesquicentennial Transportation Conference Proceedings.
- Location: Ames, Iowa
- Date: 1996-5-13 to 1996-5-14
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 165-169
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Abandonment; Branch lines; Defects; Grain elevators; Pavements; Railroad tracks
- Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement damage
- Geographic Terms: Kansas
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Railroads; I60: Maintenance;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00721873
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0965231003
- Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jun 11 1996 12:00AM