North Dakota Strategic Freight Analysis: Item IV. Heavier Loading Rail Cars

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• Creators:
  Bitzan, John D ; Tolliver, Denver D
• Corporate Creators:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute ; North Dakota State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Abandonment
  • Branch lines
  • Cost estimating
  • Costs
  • Decision making
  • Freight trains
  • Grain
  • Hopper cars
  • Impacts
  • Modernization
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC-01-127.4
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Dakota ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  North Dakota's grain producers rely on an efficient rail system to move their products to export and domestic markets. A recent shift to larger grain hopper cars may threaten the viability of the state's light-density branch line network. This study simulates the impacts of handling larger rail cars on many types of rail lines, model the decision process used by railroads in deciding whether to upgrade such lines or abandon them, estimates the costs of upgrading rail lines that are unlikely to be upgraded, and estimates generalized highway impacts that could result from the abandonment of non-upgraded lines.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64715/dot_64715_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 730.70 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f3c461841b4adb2dfbe1495e6a2a24d462b39061325873682bd7f6bff01ac0c