FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL CAPACITY OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD TO MOVE WESTERN COAL

Burlington Northern coal revenues, which grew from 15 percent of all freight revenue in 1975 to 30 percent in 1980, are expected to represent 50 percent by 1990 if present trends continue. Debt service for capital programs for expanded capacity is expected to be adequately met from earnings for the remainder of this century for the low- and medium-growth scenarios examined. While internally generated funds and long-term debt issues could be utilized for the two forecasts, for the high-growth scenario which was studied it would be difficult to generate adequate capital. Earnings would have to be much higher than are likely to be produced by the rate structures that would be permissible under current regulatory provisions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

  Energy and Environmental Systems Division, 9700 S Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439

  Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company

  1990 K Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006

  Department of Energy

  Office of Energy Supply Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Deregulation; Finance; Financial capital; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Operations; Planning; Profitability; Railroad facility operations; Regulations; Traffic forecasting
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial management; Line capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulations; Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334732
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANL/EES-TM-123
• Contract Numbers: 31-109-38-5806
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM