Tactical locomotive fleet sizing for freight train operations

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 440-454

  Godwin, T ^a   Gopalan, Ram ^b   Narendran, T T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freight train operations; Locomotive fleet sizing; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT CARS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

CUSTOMER-SERVICE; FLEET SIZES; FLEET SIZING; FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATION; FREIGHT TRAINS; LOCOMOTIVE FLEET SIZING; RAIL NETWORKS; SIMULATION-MODELLING; TACTICALS; TRAIN OPERATIONS;

ENGINES;

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MODELING; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAIN;

EID: 38649125621     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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