CAPITAL SPENDING FOR CONTROLS IN '72 TOPS $100 MILLION

Capital spending for systems control equipment in 1972 by railroads and transit authorities in the U.S. and Canada will come to $113.1 million. For railroads, the total is $96.5 million, categorized as follows: communications-$44.5 million; data processing-$8.0 million; and signaling-$44.0 million. U.S. and Canadian transit authorities are planning capital expenditures of $5.5 million for data processing; and $10.500 million for signaling. On the non-capital side, equipment and hardware for replacement, and rental of equipment and facilities, railroads will be spending as follows: communications-$68.5 million; data processing-$85.0 million. Transit authorities spending in the non-capital areas come to $7.0 million for communications; $3.2 million for data processing; and $8.0 million for signaling.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 8-14
• Serial:
  • Railway System Controls
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Business Press International Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Communication and control; Economic analysis; Information processing; Statistics; Traffic signal control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Signal systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041019
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 9 1974 12:00AM