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Comparative coal transportation costs: an economic and engineering analysis of truck, belt, rail, barge and coal slurry and pneumatic pipelines. Volume II. Unit trains. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6888461
Costing of coal carrying unit trains is based on a facility and system description of the operation including necessary upgrading. Some development needs are reviewed. Costing analyses include varying tonnages, mileage, bottlenecks, and utilization. Track capacity is analyzed. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Center for Advanced Computation
OSTI ID:
6888461
Report Number(s):
PB-274380; UIUC-CAC-DN-223-Vol-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English