Class I Carrier Light Density Costing Methodology

Details

• Creators:
  Tolliver, Denver D
• Corporate Creators:
  North Dakota State University ; Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration ; North Dakota. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Analysis
  • Costs
  • Operating costs
  • Railroad traffic
  • Railroads
  • Traffic density
  • Unit costs
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UGPTI Publication No. 76
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Dakota ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Changes in branch-line ownership, coupled with an on-going need for policy analysis and planning, make rail costing methods important to research and analysis in North Dakota. The purpose of this report is to document a methodology for light-density cost analysis which is used in Phases I and II of the North Dakota Rail Services Planning (RSP) Study, as well as in line rehabilitation projects. The report describes a set of procedures for calculating Class I Carrier line-segment unit costs, and for applying them to light-density lines or networks. Section I of the report provides as introduction. In section II, a theoretical model of line-segment costs is formulated. In section III, a method is devised for computing on-branch unit costs from a carrier's R-1 annual report, and applying the costs to a line or set of lines. In section IV, a procedure for calculating the expense of moving traffic to and from the junction points or interchange points of a line is described.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59804/dot_59804_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.67 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0c25bb80fc3b904bdb991d438ee99e6e33c248112847d9ad205ec6a55d2cc113