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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Corporate Authors:
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
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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