Railroad Rail, Track, Regulation, Operations Management, and Commuter Issues

摘要

The 13 papers in this report deal with the following areas: part 1: rail and track; production and properties of high-serviceability rail; rail manufacture in Great Britain; rail technology and development in Federal Republic of Germany; analytical descriptions of track-geometry variations; part 2: regulation: problems and opportunities in regulated market for railroad freight cars; extraterritorial impact of U.S. deregulation of Canadian railways and shippers; part 3: operations management: road and rail freight mode choice: application of an elimination-by-aspects model; externality issues and coal transportation; model for management of empty freight cars; where does the energy go. A simplified perspective on fuel efficiency in rail freight transportation; part 4: commuter rail: determination of priorities for station improvements on commuter rail system; econometric models for Long Island Railroad; propulsion alternatives for suburban rail corridors: viable options to extending electrification.