Upper Midwest Railroad corridor

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Upper Midwest Railroad corridor
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Railroad Databases

• The Two main Railroad Databases are
• Rail road link Database (Rail 1100k
  line data)
• Rail road Node Database.(U.S. Crossing
  Inventory data)

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Railroad Link Classification

• The Railroad is classified into
• By Railroad Class
• - Class 1 Railroads
• -Class 2 Railroads
• -Class 3 Railroads
• By Railroad Owners

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Railroad Owners
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Railroad Node Crossing data Classification

• Crossing Data for seven states is Classified into
  
• Railroad Owners
• Railroad Divisions
• Railroad Subdivisions
• -Crossings

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Class 1 Railroads by Crossings
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Data Availability

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• Rail line Network Link data is available from BTS
  
• -Title SDE.NTAD2002_Rail2m
• -Title SDE.NTAD2002_Rail100knd
• -Lineage Bureau of Transportation
  Statistics (2002)
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• Rail Line Crossing node Data
• -Title U.S. DOT Crossing Inventory Data
• -Lineage Federal Rail road Association 

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Data Attributes

• Attributes for Railroad Link Data
• RROWNER (Railroad owner)
• LENGTH (length of each link)
• SIGNALS (Type of Signal system)
• MAINTRK (Single,Double)
• DENSITY (MGTM/Mile)

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Railroad Density
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Data Attributes Contd..

• Attributes for Crossing Data
• - Railroad (Owner)
• - RRDIV (Railroad Division)
• - RRSUBDIV( Railroad Subdivision)
• - Crossings
• -DAYTHR(Number of Day thru trains)
• -NIGHTTHR(Number of Night thru trains)
• -MAXSPD (Maximum Average speeds)
• -MAINTRK(Number of main tracks)
• -OTHERDES (Number of other tracks or
  sidings)

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Data Attributes
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Default Values (Based on Literature )

• For Capacity Analysis ,additional attributes are
  required besides the above Databases.
• Not all Subdivisions have Sidings

 
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Flow Diagram for Input data in Model
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Model Procedure
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Results from Capacity analysis
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Chippewa Falls
Altoona
St croix
Adams
Tamoh
Water town
Aurora
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References

• Application of Simulation Models in Capacity
  Constrained Rail Corridors, Robert.H.Leilich,1998
  .
• Parametric Analysis of Railway Line
  Capacity,(2) Final Report FRA-OPPD-75-1.Office
  of policy and program Development, Federal
  Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of
  Transportation, Washington, D.C.(August 1975).