Railroad Transportation

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Railroad Transportation

• Marketing Logistics

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Rail Characteristics

• Good fuel economy.
• Mainly bulk, low-value commodities (coal, stone,
  lumber), except for finished automobiles.
• Poor at public relations critical need for new
  managers.
• Becoming more competitive with scheduled
  intermodal service.
• --J. B. Hunt, UPS.
• --Steamship land bridges.

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Rail Characteristics -2

• Average Length of Haul 720 miles (1995)
• Average train speed 22 miles per hour (35 miles
  per hour for priority trains).
• Mainly deals in carload freight. Prefer batch
  processing of cars.

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Challenges

• Railroads prefer unit trains, because switching
  costs are reduced.
• Bulk commodities are diminishing due to reduced
  manufacturing base.
• Railroads are beginning to expand intermodal.

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Railroad Rolling Stock.
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
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Hopper Car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Coal, Stone
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Hopper Car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Coal, Stone
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Hopper Car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Boxcar
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Freight similar to truck vans --manufactured
goods --auto parts.
Boxcar
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Gondola car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Steel, Scrap metal
Gondola car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Auto racks
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Automobiles
Auto racks
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Tank Car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Chemicals
Tank Car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Chemicals
Tank Car
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Trailer-on- Flatcar (TOFC)
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Trailer-on- Flatcar (TOFC)
Intermodal
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Covered hopper.
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Agricultural products, Plastic pellets
Covered hopper.
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Log car.
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
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Refrigerator car (reefer)
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Perishable foodstuffs
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Refrigerator car (reefer)
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Flatcar
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Railroad Rolling Stock.
Heavy equipment, large loads.
Flatcar
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Intermodal Transportation

• Use of two or more modes in transportation.
• Mainly dependent upon containerized shipments.

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Railroad Intermodal

• Initially, railroad shippers were located in
  urban areas and were served by railroads who had
  been in the city for years.

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Railroad Intermodal

• Initially, railroad shippers were located in
  urban areas and were served by railroads who had
  been in the city for years.
• When industry in urban areas closed, railroads
  often could not gain access to new markets in
  suburban areas.

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Suburban Company
Suburban Company
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Suburban Company
Suburban Company
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Suburban Company
Suburban Company
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Suburban Company
Suburban Company
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Suburban Company
Suburban Company
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From http//freight.railfan.ca/wc/wc36332.jpg
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Trailer on Flatcar (TOFC)
From http//freight.railfan.ca/wc/wc36332.jpg
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From http//freight.railfan.ca/wc/wc36170.jpg
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Container on Flatcar (COFC)
From http//freight.railfan.ca/wc/wc36170.jpg
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Double-stack intermodal train.
From http//www.finnmoller.dk/rail-usa/up-ne/up43
60-4394-9740-9503-chapell-01.htm
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From Triple Crown Services web site
http//www.triplecrownsvc.com/Bimodal.html
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From Triple Crown Services web site
http//www.triplecrownsvc.com/Bimodal.html
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From Triple Crown Services web site
http//www.triplecrownsvc.com/Bimodal.html
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From Triple Crown Services web site
http//www.triplecrownsvc.com/Bimodal.html
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Malcolm McLean

• arguably one of the greatest contributors to
  the growth of the world economy in the 20th
  century. In an editorial on his death, the
  Baltimore Sun stated that "he ranks next to
  Robert Fulton as the greatest revolutionary in
  the history of maritime trade." Forbes Magazine
  called him "one of the few men who changed the
  world.
• --United States Commissioner of
  Customs, Robert C. Bonner before the Center
  for Strategic and
• International Studies, Washington, D.C.,
  January 17,
• 2002.

From International Organization for
Standardization website http//www.iso.ch/iso/en/
commcentre/news/malcolmmclean.html
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Most International Shipping Involves Use of
Containers
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Most International Shipping Involves Use of
Containers
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Most International Shipping Involves Use of
Containers
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Most International Shipping Involves Use of
Containers
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Most International Shipping Involves Use of
Containers

• Standard container sizes
• 8 x 8 x 10 feet.
• 20 feet.
• 30 feet.
• 40 feet.

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Most International Shipping Involves Use of
Containers

• Advantages
• Protection reduces loss, damage.
• Standardization helps automation reduce labor
  costs.
• Easily stored, transported
• Can serve as temporary storage facilities

• Disadvantages
• Suitable ports not always available.
• Capitalization for containers, handling and
  transport equipment.

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Rail Land Bridge
Containers transloaded and transported by rail.
Container ship Arrives on coast
Placed again on Container ship