INCREMENTAL PER DIEM

This is a report of estimated costs and benefits of a change to incremental per diem for freight cars prepared by MIT in conjunction with the Task Force on Reliability Studies of the Car Utilization Program. For seven railroads surveyed, costs of conversion to either one-hour or eight-hour incremental per diem would cost no more than $4.5 million while yielding annual transportation benefits of $10 to $20 million. Benefits would be higher for the one-hour option. Time and some planning would be necessary to achieve maximum potential benefits. It was concluded that the need to revise nearly all switching and terminal arbitraries would be the largest single problem.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Task Force on Reliability Studies, Freight Car Utilization Program
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads

  50 F Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001-1564

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Center for Transportation Studies, Room 1121
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Martland, C D
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 300 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 19

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Car rentals (Railroads); Car service rules; Car utilization (Railroads); Contract rates; Data communications; Economic analysis; Freight cars; Information processing; Interchanges; Operations; Planning; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Per diem
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car rentals; Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170109
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads Research Center
• Report/Paper Numbers: AAR No. R-238 Final Rpt., MIT NO. CTS 76-4, FRA/OPPD-77-25
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM