CHAPTERS 1 and 2 o Advantages of Railroad Concept o Problems Early On o Economics Common Goal o Development of the Country o Common Goal CE 433

 Class I  Regionals ~ 30  Local Shortline, Terminal or Switching ~ 500 The Three Classes of Railway Companies

Trans Porto Definition of Transportation Derived Demand --- Supply Chain --- Value Added ---

o Coal and/or Grain o Automotive o TOFC/COFC (Intermodal) o Merchandise (Mixed) Typical Categories of Freight for Marketing and Operations

0 Cars  System  Foreign  Private 0 Interchange Classification/Ownership of Freight Cars

 Unit Train  Mixed Train (General Merchandise) Two Basic Types of Freight Trains (One Commodity)

 Engineering (Fixed Infrastructure)  Mechanical (Moving Equipment)  Transportation (Operations of Trains) Management Divisions for Large Railway Company

o Goals of Operating Department  Safety  Service  Economics/Efficiency  Develop Employees o Labor History

 Train Accidents  Personal Injuries  Hazard Material Releases  Grade Crossing Incidents & Trespassing  Freight Damage Categories of Safety Concerns

Fatality Cripple Reportable Close Calls Unsafe Acts The Accident Pyramid

o Measure Reliability  How Trains Run  Terminals  Customer Switching o Financial Drives  Asset Utilization o Crews o Locomotives o Cars o Terminals o Track & Bridges  Operating Ratio

 Time  Reliability  Ease of Doing Business  Cost (Price) Customer Satisfaction (Service)

 Secondary Main Lines  Branch  Light Traffic  Abandonment  Regional / Short Lines  States Mergers and Spin-Offs

o Traffic Density  Eliminate Parallel and Branch Lines  Concentrate on Main Lines o Route Rationalization  Low Density Lines - Local Industry (States)

How many think rail transport is obsolete in the US? US rail freight traffic: