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North Dakota Strategic Freight Analysis: The Role of Intermodal Container Transportation in North Dakota (Nov 2002, DP-150)
This report examines the potential role of a new form of transportation intermodal truck-rail container transportation in the state's expanding manufacturing and value-added agricultural base. It explores the general advantages of intermodal container transportation, examines factors that make intermodal...
North Dakota Strategic Freight Analysis: The Role of Intermodal Container Transportation in North Dakota -- Executive Summary (Nov 2002, DP-149)
Executive Summary of DP-150
Potential for Locating Intermodal Facilities on Short Line Railroads (May 2000, MPC-00-111)
An economic engineering model was developed to estimate start-up and operating costs of an intermodal facility located on a short line railroad. The model developed in this study has many useful features. Costs can be estimated for different equipment configurations and sizes of facilities. Sensitivity...