The impacts of an industry switch to large rail grain hopper cars on local infrastructure: A case study of North Dakota

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-154

  Bitzan, John ^a   Tolliver, Denver ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOPPER CARS; INVESTMENTS; PLANNING; RAILROAD TRACKS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0037599445     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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