Railroad Electrification: The Issues

TRB Special Report 180: Railroad Electrification - The Issues contains the presentations at the TRB Conference on Railroad Electrification: The Issues in June 1977 and at the TRB Annual Meeting in January 1977.

The following papers are included: The advanatages of Electrifying the Nation's Railroads; Amtrak's View of Railroad Electrification; An Examination of some Economic Obstacles to Electrification; Electrification and Railroad Organization and Operations; Financial Considerations of Railroad Electrification; Implementing an Electrification Program: The Northeast Corridor Improvement Project; Utility Service to Electrified Railroads; Canadian Railway Electrification Study: Phase 1; Locomotive Costs: A Railroad Electrification Issue; Maintenance and Capital Costs of Locomotives; Maintenance of Diesel and Electric Motive Power; Capital and Maintenance Costs for Fixed Railroad Electrification Facilities; Interference of Electrification with Signaling and Communication Systems; Impact of Research and Develompent on Railroad Electrification; A Railroad View of Electrification; An Economic View of Railroad Electrification; A Financial View of Electrification; A Government View of Electrification.