SCM 413 Maier Final 2024/2025 Exam
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Already Graded A+
Rail Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cost-effective
-Energy-efficient
-Moves large loads & huge quantities
-Constrained by accessibility, on-time delivery, frequency of service, noise,
and congestion
Rail Border Challenges - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Different regulations
Different safety requirements
Physically different equipment
Monopolistic on their routes
Class 1 Railroads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Operating revenues: $900M annually
Minimum 6k miles of track
Operate in 44 states + DC
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,140k miles of track
19.3B freight tons ('20)
1 Ton of Freight = 500 MPG
Class 1 Railroad Companies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BNSF (Burlington Northern-
Santa Fe)
UP (Union Pacific)
KCS (Kansas City Southern, smallest)
NS (Norfolk-Southern)
CSX
CN (Canadian National)
CP (Canadian Pacific - acquired KCS '21)
Road Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Most visible form of transport
Most flexible
Road reach nearly everywhere
Exceptions: remote locations like Alaska, Siberia
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Roads Characteristics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Created and maintained by
governments
Typically used for higher-value, lower volume, and time-sensitive cargo
Road Transport Challenges - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cross-border transport
increased with USMCA
Laws and safety regulations impact cross-border transport
Social and environmental impacts are a concern in developed countries
Legal Classification of Carriers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔For-hire
Common
Contract
Exempt
Private
Different levels of economic regulation apply to different carriers
Types of Carriers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Common carriers: serve the general
public
-Contract carriers: offer specialized service to customers on a contractual
basis
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
Rail Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cost-effective
-Energy-efficient
-Moves large loads & huge quantities
-Constrained by accessibility, on-time delivery, frequency of service, noise,
and congestion
Rail Border Challenges - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Different regulations
Different safety requirements
Physically different equipment
Monopolistic on their routes
Class 1 Railroads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Operating revenues: $900M annually
Minimum 6k miles of track
Operate in 44 states + DC
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,140k miles of track
19.3B freight tons ('20)
1 Ton of Freight = 500 MPG
Class 1 Railroad Companies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BNSF (Burlington Northern-
Santa Fe)
UP (Union Pacific)
KCS (Kansas City Southern, smallest)
NS (Norfolk-Southern)
CSX
CN (Canadian National)
CP (Canadian Pacific - acquired KCS '21)
Road Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Most visible form of transport
Most flexible
Road reach nearly everywhere
Exceptions: remote locations like Alaska, Siberia
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
2
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Roads Characteristics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Created and maintained by
governments
Typically used for higher-value, lower volume, and time-sensitive cargo
Road Transport Challenges - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cross-border transport
increased with USMCA
Laws and safety regulations impact cross-border transport
Social and environmental impacts are a concern in developed countries
Legal Classification of Carriers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔For-hire
Common
Contract
Exempt
Private
Different levels of economic regulation apply to different carriers
Types of Carriers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Common carriers: serve the general
public
-Contract carriers: offer specialized service to customers on a contractual
basis
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
