RAIL TERMINAL SEQUENCING SYSTEM. GENERAL DESIGN MANUAL

This General Design Manual states the guidelines and standards for the development and operation of the Rail Terminal Sequencing System. Development of these guidelines and standards involved the definition of operating practices, policies and procedures of the demonstration site yard and operating characteristics and features of the System. The system provides rail classification yard management with a tactical planning and control tool which is needed to reduce car delays in terminals and the percentage of missed connections. It is a tool which provides benefits beyond the selection of optimum hump sequences in that operating disciplines of a yard are consistently applied within the philosophy of customer service and freight car utilization.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • AAR's Freight Car Utilization Program, Phase Two, Task Force 2. Prepared in cooperation with Cybernetics and Systems, Incorporated.
• Corporate Authors:

  Deloitte Haskins & Sells

  1101 15th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005

  Association of American Railroads

  Freight Car Utilization Program, 1920 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1978-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car utilization (Railroads); Classification yards; Computer programs; Control systems; Hump yards; Inventory; Management information systems; Operations; Planning; Railroad yards; Scheduling; Yard operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning; Yard control systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322177
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-771-5279
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM