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Factors in Freight Car Supply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

T. Q. Hutchinson*
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, D. C.

Extract

The Wall Street Journal, the Great Plainsman and other publications tell us that there is a rail car shortage. The dual purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the shortage is one of rail service rather than rolling stock and to examine several of the mechanisms available to increase the quantity of rail service.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1971

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