THE ALASKA RAILROAD'S FUTURE FREIGHT MARKET. VOLUME I

The study forecasts the freight market of The Alaska Railroad (ARR) due to natural resource development and pipeline construction in Alaska. This has been done through: (a) Evaluation of those resources with commercial development potential which could generate rail service demand; and (b) development and analysis of petroleum development schedules and pipeline construction scenarios. Detailed price and market analyses of Alaskan coal and copper resources were performed. Forecasts of ARR traffic were based upon econometric relationship between the Alaska economy and petroleum royalties and construction expenditures. Volume One contains the Executive Summary. It describes the study scope and methodology, and highlights ARR's recent experiences, the Alaskan economy, and resource development status.

Corporate Authors:
CONSAD Research Corporation

121 North Highland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA United States 15206

Federal Railroad Administration

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590
Authors:
- Hillegas, B D
- Pernela, L M
- Lewis, D C
Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Copper; Econometric models; Economic analysis; Economic development; Forecasting; Forestry; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Highway transportation; Market surveys; Mineral deposits; Minerals; Natural resources; Petroleum industry; Petroleum pipelines; Pipeline transportation; Railroad transportation; Timber; Traffic forecasting
Identifier Terms: Alaska Railroad
Geographic Terms: Alaska
Old TRIS Terms: Cargo transportation; Mineral traffic
Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Pipelines; Railroads;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00147405
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ARR-77/01-1 Final Rpt., FRA-RP-301
Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-4-3010
Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM