ON THE TRANSPORTATION USE CONTROVERSY: AN ANALYSIS OF CAR SERVICE AND BOXCAR UTILIZATION IN THE MOVEMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS

The general purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in fleet management practices for box cars in private versus assigned service. The objective was to estimate the effects of car service on utilization of 2 of 15 designated types of cars: non-mechanical refrigerations (insulated Type RB or RBL) and equipped box cars. The focus was on transport-related use with primary interest in determining if shippers use non-railroad-owned cars differently than railroad-owned cars and what effect car service or car ownership has on car cycles, surplus days and storage activity. Three firms in the food products business provided data for analysis covering a one-year period.

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  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Tyworth, J E
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 5-14
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/transportationj/about.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box cars; Car operations (Railroads); Car service rules; Car utilization (Railroads); Carpools; Freight traffic; Fruits and vegetables; Insulation systems; Leasing; Physical distribution; Private car lines; Railroad cars; Traffic managers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Car cycles; Grocery traffic; Insulated cars
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322783
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM