The report summarizes the findings of a study to evaluate the fuel efficiency of rail freight operations relative to competing truckload service. The objective of the study was to identify the circumstances in which rail freight service offers a fuel efficiency advantage over alternative truckload options, and to estimate the fuel savings associated with using rail service. The findings are based on computer simulations of rail and truck freight movements between the same origins and destinations. The simulation input assumptions and data are based on actual rail and truck operations. Input data was provided by U.S. regional and Class I railroads and by large truck fleet operators.
Rail versus Truck Fuel Efficiency: The Relative Fuel Efficiency of Truck Competitive Rail Freight and Truck Operations Compared in a Range of Corridors
1991
198 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Energy Use, Supply, & Demand , Railroad Transportation , Road Transportation , Fuel consumption , Energy efficiency , Freight transportation , Trucking industry , Rail transportation , Cargo transportation , Highway transportation , Freight costs , Truck usage , Economic analysis , Locomotives , Computerized simulation , Cost analysis
Burlington freight terminal -- Rail-truck operations combined
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
Burlington freight terminal -- Rail-truck operations combined
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
Comparing rail fuel efficiency with truck and waterway
Online Contents | 2013
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