GRAND TRUNK WESTERN WILL INSTALL SYSTEM--WIDE ACI NETWORK

Grand Trunk Western has embarked on a two-year, $7.5 million program to provide for a most advanced and comprehensive computer network. Plans for the electronic information system, which will locate and identify all of the railroad's freight cars and trains at a moment's notice, were revealed. "Grand Trunk Western will be the first railroad in North America with a completely integrated automatic information system on car movements, operations and revenues."

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway System Controls
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Business Press International Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification; Information systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Grand trunk western railroad company
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047409
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM