The freight Car Clearinghouse Experiment which was started in September 1974 is still in operation. It is a cooperative undertaking by the Southern, Missouri Pacific, and Milwaukee Railroads to improve car utilization. The principal results of the evaluation of the first year of operation are: (1) The Clearinghouse has reduced empty car movements by about 5 million car miles which has an economic value of $700,000 at 14 cents per car mile; (2) the economic value of expected future benefits from the continued operation of the Clearinghouse as presently constituted is about $800,000 per year in car day benefits and $640,000 per year in car mile savings; and (3) because of the success of this Clearinghouse Experiment, seven additional railroads have now joined, bringing total membership to ten.


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    Title :

    Freight Car Clearinghouse Experiment. Evaluation of the First Year of Operation. (Freight Car Utilization-Demonstration Program)


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    91 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English