Rail system investment analysis
Subtitle: financial analysis of investment projects from the individual corporate perspective
By: prepared by Ernst & Ernst, R. L. Banks & Associates, Inc
Contributors: United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs; United States. Office of Intermodal Transportation; Banks (R. L.) & Associates, inc
Series: Report - Dept. of Transportation ; no. DOT-P-10-78-34
Publisher: Dept. of Transportation, [Office of the Secretary] , Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs; for sale by the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Washington; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- Finance; Investment analysis
Other titles: Financial analysis of investment projects from the individual corporate perspective
Description: This document reports the results of financial analyses of 63 investment opportunities based on information supplied by 13 railroads. The report discusses financial analysis methodology, the composition of railroad capital budgets, the relative attractiveness of different kinds of railroad investments, the sensitivity of the financial analyses to changes in key assumptions, and institutional factors affecting the attractiveness of railroad investments.
Notes: Contract no. DOT-OS-60097

Prepared for Office of Intermodal Transportation, U.S. Dept. of Transportation

May 1978