United States Department of Transportation
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High Profile Rail Clearances in the State of Pennsylvania: Reports 1 thru 5
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1992-10-01
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Abstract:During the past decade, the decade since deregulation, the rail industry has significantly increased its productivity. This increase in productivity has increased the "value" of the transportation services which the industry offers to its customers. Productivity gains have come from a number of sources, including increases in labor productivity and increases in asset utilization. Both are the result of network downsizing and of significantly improved equipment use. However, over the past decade a substantial gain has also been made in the load-hauling "envelope" which the rail industry has offered to its customers. The industry has realized load hauling gains by using larger rail cars (particularly taller cars). Customers, in particular, who ship low density/high value freight, have been able to benefit significantly from these developments. These include customers for intermodal services, who are in the parcel delivery business (UPWSPS); customers in the consumer packaged product business (Proctor & Gamble, Sears, General Foods, etc.); and customers in the import export business (Panasonic, Kmart, IKEA, etc.).
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