ACI STARTS TO EARN ITS KEEP

After five years of cautious experiment, the first major automatic wagon identification (ACI) scheme involving more than 100 scanners is being installed to monitor inter-system wagon movements in the Chicago area. The long delay in labelling the North American rolling stock fleet discouraged early investment in scanners, but the number in use more than doubled in 1972 to 300 by the year's end.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 93-95
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification; Scanners
• Identifier Terms: Chicago Railroad Terminal Information System
• Old TRIS Terms: Mobile scanners
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046352
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1974 12:00AM