COMPARATIVE COAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS: AN ECONOMIC AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF BELT, RAIL, BARGE AND COAL SLURRY AND PIPELINES. VOLUME 2--UNIT TRAINS

The costing of coal carrying unit trains is based on a facility and system description of the operation including necessary upgrading. Some development needs are reviewed. Costing analyses include varying tonnages, mileage, bottlenecks, and utilization. Track capacity is also analyzed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Set includes PB-274 379--PB-274 386. See also RRIS 18 170577, the first volume, in RRIS Bulletin 7801.
• 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: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car utilization (Railroads); Coal; Coal industry; Cost finding; Economic analysis; Freight traffic; Loading and unloading; Maintenance of way; Operations; Planning; Railroad facility operations; Rate making; Unit trains; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Line capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170578
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: JO166163
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM