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Title: Railroad Capacity Issues
Accession Number: 01046034
Record Type: Component
Abstract: Capacity, or rather the lack thereof, is getting a lot of attention in transportation circles these days. Especially in the West, railroads have absorbed huge increases in both train miles and ton-miles in recent years. But many railroad mainlines are now at or near capacity. Railroads have responded by adding capacity as well as shedding some low-margin traffic to make room for higher-margin business. This paper discusses railroad capacity as a national transportation issue and as a freight and passenger issue. An historical perspective is provided and comments are made on the vital role of technology in increasing railroad capacity. Also discussed are: a safe railroad enhances capacity; high-quality, reliable service requires sufficient capacity; capacity is costly; all capacity solutions require long lead times; various ways to address capacity challenges; Wall Street is more tolerant of capital expenditures; and where research and development can help.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01046028
Language: English
Authors: McClellan, James WPagination: pp 31-37
Publication Date: 2007
Conference:
Workshop on Research to Enhance Rail Network Performance
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: Web
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; History; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 9 2007 1:35PM
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