AgTransport
- Rail Dashboards, Reports, Visualizations, and Datasets
- Rail Research in the Agriculture Transportation Research Compendium
Research Publications
- 02-2021 - TSD Research Summary: A Comparative Analysis of the Grain Handling and Rail Transportation Systems in Canada and the U.S. (pdf)
- 08-2020: Dynamic Changes in Rail Shipping Mechanisms for Grain Summary (pdf)
- 06-2020: Railroads Common Carrier Obligation (pdf)
- 03-2020: Rail Rates for Grain Shipments Over Time (pdf)
- 12-2019: Rail Market Power Summary (pdf)
- 10-2018: The Impact of Infrastructure and Transportation Costs on U.S. Soybean Market Share: An Updated Analysis from 1992-2017
- 02-2018: Profile of Short Line Railroads (pdf)
- 03-2016: Impacts of Intramodal Competition on 2012 Railroad Rates for Wheat (Summary) (pdf)
- 10-2015: Constrained Market Pricing and Revenue Adequacy: Regulatory Implications for Shippers and Class I U.S. Freight Railroads (Summary) (pdf)
- 01-2015: USDA Analysis of 2013-14 Rail Service Challenges for Senators Thune/Klobuchar (pdf)
- 06-2014: Rail Tariff Rates for Grain by Shipment Size and Distance Shipped (pdf)
- 04-2014: Rail Rate Mediation and Arbitration for Grain Shippers (pdf)
- 02-2014: Railroad Concentration, Market Shares, and Rates (pdf)
- 01-2014: State Grain Rail Statistics
- 12-2013: Grain and Oilseed Shipment Sizes and Distance Hauled by Rail (pdf)
- 12-2013: Rail’s Loss of Grain Transportation Market Share (pdf)
- 09-2013: Rail Market Share of Grain and Oilseed Transportation (Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Summer 2013), pp. 127-150) (pdf)
- 08-2013: The Shift to Larger Railcars for the Shipment of Grain (pdf)
- 08-2013: The Effects of Increased Shuttle-Train Movements of Grain and Oilseeds (pdf)
- 06-2013: State Grain Rail Statistical Summary (pdf)
- 04-2013: A Comprehensive Rail Rate Index for Grain (pdf)