WESTERN COAL TRANSPORTATION: UNIT TRAINS OR SLURRY PIPELINES

This report focuses on one commodity, coal, and two modes of transportation, railroads and slurry pipelines. The competition between railroads and slurry pipelines for the transportation of coal mined in the West is examined in depth, as is the impact that institutional and regulatory constraints may have on the competition.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sargent, A
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 93 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo handling; Coal; Coal industry; Competition; Cost estimating; Estimates; Federal government; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Legislation; Pipeline transportation; Policy; Railroad transportation; Regulations; Slurry pipelines; Transportation modes; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Cargo transportation; Government policies; Government regulations; Slurrying
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Law; Pipelines; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153989
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/TST-76T/26 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30104
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM