Research Reports |
Title: | The Cost of Transporting Coal from Gascoyne, North Dakota, to Big Stone, South Dakota: A Preliminary Analysis |
Authors: | Denver Tolliver |
Publication Date: | Feb 1983 |
Report #: | SP-49 |
TRID #: | 01790160 |
Keywords: | coal, costs, economic analysis, railroad transportation |
Type: | Research Report – Staff Papers |
This report constitutes a preliminary analysis of the cost of transporting coal from Gascoyn, North Dakota, to Big Stone, South Dakota. The movement has been analyzed using Rail Form A costs for the Burlington Northern Railroad in conjunction with annualized rehabilitation cost estimates, which have been approximated using a market interest rate.