COMPARATIVE COAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS: AN ECONOMIC AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF BELT, RAIL, BARGE AND COAL SLURRY AND PNEUMATIC PIPELINES. VOLUME 1--SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

The report describes a comparative cost analysis of competing trunk line and gathering-distribution system coal carrying modes. It provides a precis of the discussion in the remaining seven volumes and the results of the costing analyses.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Set includes PB-274 379--PB-274 386. See also Volumes 2-8, RRIS 18 170578--170584 respectively.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Center for Advanced Computation
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Authors:
  • Rieber, M
  • Soo, S L
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 91 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Barge operations; Barges; Coal; Coal industry; Competition; Conveyors; Cost finding; Costs; Economic analysis; Freight traffic; Inland water transportation; Inland waterways; Intermodal transportation; Motor carriers; Pipelines; Rate making; Slurry pipelines; Transportation modes; Unit trains; Water traffic; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Barge traffic; Barge transportation; Economic analysis (Barge operations); Inland waterways transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Pipelines; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170577
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: JO166163
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM