Excited to announce that TRAIN PhD student Steven Shi and Prof. Dick have recently published a new research paper in the Transportation Research Record academic journal! This paper is related to Steven’s work to investigate the adoption of heavy axle loads by US freight railroads to transport different commodities.
The reference and DOI link for the paper is as follows:
Shi, D., and C.T. Dick. 2024. Influence of interchange, train type and commodity shipped on the adoption of higher gross rail load railcars by US freight railroads. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi: 10.1177/03611981241257411.