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North Dakota's grain producers rely on an efficient rail system to move their products to export and domestic markets. A recent shift to larger grain hopper cars may threaten the viability of the state's light-density branch line network. This study simulates the impacts of handling larger rail cars...

 

The railroad industry uses a variety of information and data sources to present planners and decision makers with the best environment facilitating the decision process. The management of this information and its environment is vital to ensure that decision makers have an operational framework allowing...

 

This paper examines the desirability, feasibility, and cost of incorporating a detailed community impact assessment process in the existing railroad benefit-cost procedure. In this study, a range of community impact assessment techniques and procedures are reviewed, and their relevance to North Dakota...

 

The last comprehensive North Dakota rail plan was developed in 1982. Since then, the characteristics and ownership of many of the state's branch lines have changed. The purpose of this study is to develop current information and trend data for North Dakota branch lines, and to discuss some of the issues...

 

The purpose of the appendix is to highlight trends and data that reflect the authors' opinions regarding the potential viability of individual rail lines.

 

This study analyzes the various issues and impacts surrounding the potential abandonment of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company's railroad line between Chadron and Norfolk, Nebraska. This 317.5 mile Northern Line serves the northern third of the state from Madison to Dawes.

 

Three sets of light-density lines in North Dakota were analyzed with respect to the potential economies to be gained from short line operation. The three networks consisted of: 1) a single, 81-mile branch line with a density of nine cars per mile; 2) a 667-mile regional network with 20 cars per mile...

 

This report summarizes activities which have been undertaken pursuant to and in completion of Activity 5 of the Rail Planning Contract for FY 1982, between the North Dakota Highway Department and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. The activities described herein constitute the development...

 

This report summarizes activities undertaken pursuant to and in completion of Activity 4 of the FY 1982 contract between the North Dakota Highway Department and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI). The purpose of the activity is to develop methods for the measurement of non-grain...

 

This study explores the implications of branch line abandonment and the short line railroad alternative.

 
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