The 13 papers in the report deal with the following areas: toward practicality in defining and measuring railroad productivity; impacts of regulatory policy on rail productivity; the effects of railroad mergers on industry productivity and performance; interface between passenger and freight operations; railway electrification and railway productivity: a study report; principles of unit-train productivity; optimal use of classification yards; Burlington Northern Railroad's view of intermodal hub centers and their impact on productivity and customer service; new concepts in the control of train movement; track lubrication: its application and potential for reducing fuel consumption; research and development and productivity: high-productivity integral trains; track maintenance cost analysis: an engineering economics approach; and, track maintenance policy and planning.


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    Title :

    Railroad Productivity


    Contributors:
    H. A. Levine (author) / R. G. Rhodes (author) / C. M. Grimm (author) / R. G. Harris (author) / D. O. Eisele (author)

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    85 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English