RAILROAD CORRIDOR CONSOLIDATION-ANALYSES AND IMPLICATIONS

The consolidation of railroad mainlines is analyzed in a benefit/cost format, from the viewpoint of (1) the railroad companies involved, (2) affected shippers and receivers, and (3) the general public. To the extent possible, the analysis is conducted in a quantitative manner. Methods for conducting the analysis are developed and described, in detail, in the form of a manual. The methods are applied to two case studies: one intra-railroad consolidation (on the Seaboard Coastline Railroad) and one inter-railroad consolidation (among the Rock Island and the Milwaukee). The results of the two case studies are documented. The methods presented are evaluated and several generalized observations are drawn.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Portions of this document are not fully legible.
• Corporate Authors:

  CONSAD Research Corporation

  121 North Highland Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15206

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Matzzie, D E
  • Hillegas, B D
  • Bell, T R
• Publication Date: 1979-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 253 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Benefit cost analysis; Cash flow; Consolidations; Corridors; Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Industry structure; Mergers; Railroad tracks; Railroads; Trackage rights; Transportation operations; Utilization
• Identifier Terms: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Environment; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00328946
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-60154
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM