Future Railcar Needs for U. S. Grain Movements (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Future Railcar Needs for U. S. Grain Movements U.s. Grain transportation demand is expected to increase in future years because of projected increases in domestic and export movements. Railroads must plan now for future increases in grain traffic. Inadequate car supply and inefficient use currently hamper grain hauling operations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Railcars for Grain


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This study has attempted to estimate the likely need for grain cars and the likely size of the active grain car fleet through the year 2001, should no additional cars be added. Historical trends in both export and domestic movements have been analyzed as well as the relationship between total grain movement and movement by rail in recent years. This information was combined with expected levels of U.S. grain production and exports in a model that projected grain car requirements.













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