Locomotives in the U.S. use over 3 billion gallons of fuel each year and faster refueling can increase rail network capacity without the infrastructure cost associated with new terminals or tracks. This thesis introduces the locomotive refueling system configuration problem (LRSCP), which seeks to improve efficiency in refueling yards through new technologies or policies. This research also creates two new methods to solve LRSCP. Based on experimental results, solving either TRIP or SLIP and incorporating the optimal refueling policy improves railyard operations by 10 to 30%. This impact is statistically significant and increases the capacity of a railyard. Additionally, it impacts other important parameters such as time spent in the yard and the maximum queue for the railyard. Furthermore, there is a significant decrease in wasted time and an improvement to railyard efficiency.Implementing either method should increase a railyard's capacity and significantly increase revenue opportunities.iv
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