Options for improving the energy efficiency of intermodal freight trains

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1916, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Lai, Yung Cheng ^a   Barkan, Christopher P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

FREIGHT RAILROADS; INTERMODAL TRAINS; TRAIN AERODYNAMICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 33644531282     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361198105191600108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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