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Research Reports
Filter by Keyword351 report(s) found with transportation in the keywords field The purpose of this paper is to identify transportation issues and research needs from a geographical and institutional perspective. The four areas of emphasis as suggested by the title are as follows: 1) The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, its creation, governance, purpose and a comparison... The main objective of this study is to present an overview of grain procuring, handling, transportation, and selling as it pertains to North Dakota. Specific objectives are to: 1) examine the concept of shipping grain in multiple car units; 2) describe various marketing alternatives available to country... The purpose of this paper is to profile jumbo covered hopper car leasing by country grain merchandising firms in North Dakota. Costs and utilization of leasing hopper cars are detailed. In addition, a model is developed for comparing the lease/purchase decision. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of market trade area size on costs of alternative grain elevator systems in North Dakota. In addition, marketing densities, which directly affect size of trade area, will be examined. This report constitutes a preliminary analysis of the cost of transporting coal from Gascoyn, North Dakota, to Big Stone, South Dakota. The movement has been analyzed using Rail Form A costs for the Burlington Northern Railroad in conjunction with annualized rehabilitation cost estimates, which have... This report summarizes activities undertaken pursuant to Activity 3 under the contract existing between the North Dakota Highway Department and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI). The activities include the development of data sources and programs which would allow the estimation... This report represents a continuation of analyses concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grain from North Dakota. The collection and compilation of this type of data began in 1956-57. The objective of this report, like prior reports, is to provide the necessary data base for identifying... The purpose of this study was to analyze the cost characteristics of the existing country elevator industry. Characteristics such as size of elevator, age and type of construction, location, facility utilization, and type of merchandising activities were analyzed. Other things being equal, economic theory suggests that an industry will locate its plants near the source of raw materials if the manufacturing process results in weight loss. Plants will tend to locate near consumption points if the manufacturing process results in weight gain. The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 permits the railroads to enter into contracts with shippers. While contracts were entered into before the Staggers Act they were under a cloud as to their legality. |
