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Notes to Appendix Tables A1 to A5

Abbreviations: CNW—Chicago and North Western Railroad
BN—Burlington Northern Railroad
SD—State of South Dakota
Short Line—unspecified Class 3 rail carrier

		Explanation of Columns
Column	Title	Explanation
1.	Alternative	Self-explanatory.
2.	Termini	Self-explanatory.
3.	Subalternative	Railroad ownership and operation options; truck/ railroad rate transshipment options.
4.	Cars	Total originating, terminating, and overhead carloads per year. Excludes empties.
5.	Tons	Revenue tonnage carried by originating, terminating, and overhead cars.
6.	Revenue	Revenue attributable to participating rail carriers from above traffic.
7.	Cost	Avoidable costs to rail carriers incurred by above traffic.
8.	Net	Column (7) + Column (6).
9.	Profit to RR	Present value of (8) over a 10-year period at a five percent discount rate, assuming (8) is positive. $ in millions.
10.	Capital Cost	Required investment in rehabilitating track to sustain rail services. $ in millions.
11.	Operating Cost Subsidy	Present value of (8) over a 10-year period at a five percent discount rate, assuming (8) is negative. $ in millions.
12.	Total Cost	Column 9 + Column 10 + Column 11.
13.	Heavy Trucks	Equivalent number of annual truckloads for traffic no longer expected to move by rail.
14.	Tons	Annual tonnage corresponding to (13).
15.	Cost	Avoidable costs incurred by truckers.
16.	Add'l Cost to Shipper	[(Truck Rate - (Rail Rate)] x tonnage where truck rate is greater than rail rate for traffic not expected to move by rail.
17.	Add'l Cost	Present value of (16) over a 10-year period at a five percent discount rate.
18.	Total System Cost	Column (12) + Column (17).
19.	RR Profits Contrib.	Equals Column (9). Assumes profits earned by RR on movement will be used by Carrier.
20.	Capital Costs	Equals Column (10). Cost to be borne by either government or shippers.
21.	Shipper Increased Cost	Equals Column (11) + Column (16). Additional cost over and above present rail rates to be paid by shippers through higher rates.
22.	Truckers Add'l Jobs	Additional jobs created by traffic no longer expected to move by rail.
...	Distributional Effects	Ten years, five percent discount.

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