NEW LIFE FOR FAR NORTH RAIL LINE?

British Columbia Premier David Barret has endorsed a two-year study of the feasibility of an oil-hauling, double-track rail line from Alaska's North Slope to northern Alberta. It would be an alternative to building a pipeline across either Alaska or Canada. Last year the Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport reported that rail haulage was economically viable and would have less adverse environmental impact than a pipeline (RA, Aug. 28, 1972, p 57). A U.S. consortium has also proposed a single-track rail line across Alaska which would be integrated with the Alaska Railroad. It would roughly parallel the hotly contested pipeline alignment planned by Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.

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• Publication Date: 1973-3-26

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 174
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Petroleum industry
• Identifier Terms: Alaska North Slope oil; Alaska North Slope railroad plan
• Uncontrolled Terms: Petroleum trade
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044084
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Age
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1973 12:00AM