AAR LOOKS AT TRUCK-RAIL COMPETITION

The Association of American Railroads Staff Studies Group asserts that, contrary to the current view of truck-rail competition having stabilized with motor carrier costs somewhat higher than rail costs for long-distance carloads, evidence shows that differences in these costs have narrowed. Truck costs, not regulation, are regarded as the real arbiter of rail rates. A truck costs model was developed to derive total annual costs of truck movements for various commodities. The increasing efficiency of owner-operations, long neglected by railroads as a competitive factor, threatens to capture "rail-owned" traffic, according to study findings.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 45-46
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Costs; Mathematical models; Motor carriers; Rates; Transportation modes; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Motor Carriers; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 11 1976 12:00AM