THE NATIONWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE

Status of the recommendations and experiments of the AAR Freight Car Utilization Program is described. A proposal to make all general-service cars freely loadable has been made; a preliminary step has been the so-called Clearinghouse group of 11 railroads where the concept has been under test. Other experiments include a current investigation of about such special-pkurpose equipment. Specific recommendations have been made on means of increasing car productivity; unit trains and contracted services can help but an area of concern is individual car movements.

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  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  Watson Publications, 5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • Roberts, R
• Publication Date: 1980-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 53-56
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads/Rail Transit
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile rack cars; Car distribution (Railroads); Car service rules; Car utilization (Railroads); Freight cars; Motor vehicles; Productivity
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car distribution; Special cars
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319925
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1980 12:00AM