Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

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Title:
The Use of Computerized Railroad Costing Programs in Transportation Management and Analysis
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Publication Date:
Feb 1985
Report #:
SP-69
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Type:
Research Report – Staff Papers

Abstract

This paper highlights some of the principal uses of rail cost data in transportation management and analysis, and describes a computer costing algorithm which can assist transportation managers, shippers, and policy analysts in the estimation of railroad service costs.