CRTIS: FOR NINE CENTS TOMORROW IS HERE

In April 1974 the Chicago Railroad Terminal Information System (CURTIS) became operational. This is the first area wide car control system and controls an area the size of Rhode Island using 109 scanners at 40 sites. CRTIS provides four basic reports for member railways: validated interchange documents, system car location reports, empty cars received analysis, and a train activity report for selected railroads of a 24 hour traffic density summary.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07362064
• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • SHAFFER, F E
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 46-49
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: K-III Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification
• Identifier Terms: Chicago Railroad Terminal Information System
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057715
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 1974 12:00AM