Almost ever since freight has been transported via rail, shunting yards (also called
classification or marshaling yards) are operated in order to separate freight trains and …

Freight transportation is an important part of the global supply chain. As distances shipped
grow and supply chains become more complex and fragile, operations research (OR) can …

This paper addresses the scheduled service network design problem for freight rail
transportation. The proposed model integrates service selection and scheduling, car …

An essential problem encountered in a railway freight transport system is determining the
best formation plan on a capacity-constrained physical network. The formation plan is not …

Freight transportation by railroads is an integral part of the US economy. Identifying critical
rail infrastructures can help stakeholders prioritize protection initiatives or add necessary …

The past few decades have witnessed numerous applications of operations research in
logistics, and these applications have resulted in substantial cost savings. However, the US …

This paper presents a formulation and solution for the train connection services (TCSs)
problem in a large-scale rail network in order to determine the optimal freight train services …

In the rail industry, profit maximization relies heavily on the integration of logistics activities
with an improved management of revenues. The operational policies chosen by the carrier …

In this article, we study the train classification problem. Train classification basically is the
process of rearranging the cars of a train in a specified order, which can be regarded as a …

Although hazardous materials (hazmat) account for around 140million tons of all railroad
freight traffic in the US, it has not received much attention from academic researchers. This is …