CHAPTERS 1 and 2

o Advantages of Railroad Concept

o Problems Early On

o Economics Common Goal

o Development of the Country

o Common Goal

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·Class I

·Regionals ~ 30

·Local Shortline, Terminal or Switching ~ 500

The Three Classes of Railway Companies

Trans Porto

Definition of Transportation

Derived Demand ---

Supply Chain ---

Value Added ---

o Coal and/or Grain

o Automotive

o TOFC/COFC (Intermodal)

o Merchandise (Mixed)

Typical Categories of Freight for Marketing and Operations

0 Cars ·System

·Foreign

·Private

0 Interchange

Classification/Ownership of Freight Cars

·Unit Train

·Mixed Train

(General Merchandise)

Two Basic Types of Freight Trains

(One Commodity)

·Engineering (Fixed Infrastructure)

·Mechanical (Moving Equipment)

·Transportation (Operations of Trains)

Management Divisions for Large Railway Company

o Goals of Operating Department ·Safety ·Service ·Economics/Efficiency ·Develop Employees

o Labor History

·Train Accidents ·Personal Injuries ·Hazard Material Releases ·Grade Crossing Incidents & Trespassing ·Freight Damage

Categories of Safety Concerns

Fatality

Cripple

Reportable

Close Calls

Unsafe Acts

The Accident Pyramid

o Measure Reliability

·How Trains Run

·Terminals

·Customer Switching

o Financial Drives ·Asset

Utilization o Crews

o Locomotives

o Cars

o Terminals

o Track & Bridges

·Operating Ratio

·Time

·Reliability

·Ease of Doing Business

·Cost (Price)

Customer Satisfaction (Service)

·Secondary Main Lines ·Branch ·Light Traffic ·Abandonment ·Regional / Short Lines ·States

Mergers and Spin-Offs

o Traffic Density ·Eliminate Parallel and Branch Lines ·Concentrate on Main Lines

o Route Rationalization ·Low Density Lines - Local Industry (States)

How many think rail transport is obsolete in the US?

US rail freight traffic:1920-2010