After a 50-year decline the legislative trys to prepare a comeback for freight transport on the rails. The new deregulation brings benefits especially under the Stangers Rail Act. In the period 1978-1981 the market share grows from 35,6 to 37,7%. The technical development makes the rails to rise the economical efficiency through lightweightcars and better fuel efficiency. The cars built from aluminium are 20% lighter but also 30-40% expensiver. The future of the U.S. railraods depends on three main factors: benefits of deregulation, fuel efficiency and of the maintain of their right-of-way. (Jarc)


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    Titel :

    Freight transport resurgence on the rail


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Frachttransport - Wiederemporkommen an der Eisenbahn


    Erschienen in:

    Mechanical Engineering ; 106 , 1 ; 40-44


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984


    Format / Umfang :

    5 Seiten, 1 Bild


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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