Economic Impact Analysis of Short Line Railroads : Research Project Capsule

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• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Economic impacts
  • Short line railroads
  • Economic impacts
  • Short line railroads
• Publication/ Report Number:
  13-6SS
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Edition:
  Research project capsule.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Rail transportation is of vital ; importance to the state of ; Louisiana and is a key ; component of the state’s ; business infrastructure, supporting agricultural, petroleum, chemical, and manufacturing ; industries across the state. Short line (Class III) rail is defi ned as rail operations with ; revenues of $31.9 million or less and those handling terminal and switching operations. ; Short line rail operations function in tandem with larger regional (Class II) and national ; (Class I) rail operations. Class III rail operations are generally responsible for moving ; commodities from manufacturing sites to interchange points with Class I rail operations ; where they can be transported to transnational locations. While not as large as Class ; I and II operators, Class III operators play a crucial role in ensuring that goods and ; commodities are both shipped and received in a timely fashion.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25097/dot_25097_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 144.60 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a1b482b35176a531d405100de7a987cedff652c90f5ad973f08fe92d21f00c99