Non-Railroad-Owned Freight Cars: Issues and Compensation Practices

This paper creates awareness about certain increasingly important issues of railroad car supply, namely, issues surrounding the providing and usage of non-railroad-owned freight cars. The paper discusses the increasing usage of these cars for rail transportation, and compares schemes for their supply and use. The issues of ownership cost compensation trends for these cars are also addressed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Forum

  P.O. Box 5074
  Fargo, ND  United States  58105
• Authors:
  • Allman, William P
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Volume XVIII, Number 1
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 446-453
• Monograph Title: Transportation in Transition. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car operations (Railroads); Car supply (Railroads); Economic factors; Freight service; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Ownership; Railcar ownership; Railroad traffic; Railroad transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01105392
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 2008 3:24PM