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Q2 Z2,(Q2) Z2(Q2) - Institute for Water Resources - U.S. Army

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Table 4 shows, <strong>for</strong> the same train considered above, what hap-<br />

pens to speed and output as loading varies from empty to full.<br />

Table 5.5<br />

EFFECT 07 CARLOADIZ ON TRAIN RERFORMANCE FOR FIFTY<br />

70-TON BOX.CA'aS PULLED BY 2000-HORSEPOWER LOCOMOTIVE<br />

Proportion Loaded: Speed Output<br />

(percent) I (miles/hour) (ton-miles/hour)<br />

0' 40.90<br />

10 39.25<br />

20 37.74<br />

30 • 36.34<br />

40 35.05<br />

50 33.85<br />

60 32.73<br />

70 31.67<br />

80 I 30.72<br />

90 29.81<br />

100 I 28.96<br />

0<br />

13,738<br />

26,416<br />

38,156<br />

49,063<br />

59,229<br />

68,734<br />

77,644<br />

86,021<br />

93,91:6<br />

101,374<br />

Although output increases considerably as the cars become fuller,,<br />

there is diminishing marginal productivity associated with the fac-<br />

tor "proportion loaded." If hourly Operating costs of the train were<br />

constant no matter what the load, Chen unit cost (i.e., colt per ton-<br />

mile) would be decreasing throughout as would marginal cost'. This<br />

would constitute-an argument in favor of pricing so as to achieve<br />

full carloading.<br />

Rail Costs<br />

Introduction. - In the preceding sections of this chapter a rail<br />

linehaul process function has been developed. Some properties of the<br />

process function were investigated in the last section. Now it' is<br />

desired to use the process function as an aid in determining the<br />

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