Freight Car Scheduling Benefit Projection on Conrail: The Pittsburgh to St. Louis Corridor

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Freight Car Scheduling Benefit Projection on Conrail: The Pittsburgh to St. Louis Corridor

G. F. List / H. L. Bongaardt

The Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) developed a computerized system called Freight Car Scheduling (FCS) to provide railroad management with a tool to improve the utilization of freight cars. A previous report (FRA-ORRT-81-3) described an evaluation of the benefits of FCS on the MoPac demonstration corridor. Improvements in such parameters as service reliability, transit time, yard detention, train miles, and yard engine hours were identified. This report describes the evaluation and estimation of the benefits and costs associated with the installation of an FCS system on Conrail's Pittsburgh to St. Louis corridor. Included is a determination of benefits which would accrue to Conrail through FCS-associated data exchange with the MoPac in the St. Louis Terminal, where Conrail and the MoPac interchange considerable traffic. The study concluded that Conrail would experience significant benefits if FCS were implemented in the corridor. It is recommended that the FRA encourage and support Conrail's efforts to implement its Resource Management System and Yard Management System, so that Conrail can have FCS-equivalent capability systemwide as soon as possible.