ACI RESEARCH IS UNDERTAKEN AT SANTA FE

This report points out the factors that collectively control the sensitivity of Automatic Car identification (ACI) equipment and suggests corrective actions that should be taken. The advancements in electronics and optics since 1967 should be incorporated in the basic ACI system, it was reported. Suggested are ways of overcoming dirty labels, of increasing the sensitivity of scanners, and of altering the label colors to improve their readability.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 14-19
• Serial:
  • Railway System Controls
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Business Press International Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification; Control systems
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072563
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1974 12:00AM