Modeling the Interaction Between Railroad Freight Schedule Adherence and Asset Utilization

Yan Dong*
Joseph M. Sussman**
Carl D. Martland**


* Transport Dynamics, Inc. 103 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08610
** Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology



October 26, 1998


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Modeling the Interaction Between Railroad Freight Schedule Adherence and Asset Utilization

Yan Dong*
Joseph M. Sussman**
Carl D. Martland**


* Transport Dynamics, Inc. 103 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08610
** Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology



October 26, 1998

Outline

Background

Degrees of Schedule Adherence -- Three Operating Strategies

Degrees of Schedule Adherence -- Three Operating Strategies (cont.)

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Simulation Model

Model Input

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Case Studies

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Model Execution Time (for simulating one month operation)

Terminal Case Study: Base Case Result

Terminal Case Study: Scenario Design

Area Network Case Study: Base Case Result

Area Network Case Study: Base Case Result

Conclusions

Conclusions (cont.)

Conclusions (cont.)

Author: MIT Rail Group

Email: ydong@transdynamics.com

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