Long-term availability of railroad services for U.S. agriculture

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1790, 2002, Pages 66-72

  Vachal, Kimberly ^a   Bitzan, John ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AVAILABILITY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CUSTOMER DEMANDS; RAILROAD SERVICES;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0036966552     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1790-08     Document Type: Article

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