SP: HAS PROCESS CONTROL IN RETARDER YARD
A description of the control equipment used in the Englewood marshalling yard, in Houston, Texas: employment of computers for the continuous control of the shunting of wagons and of the operation of the retarders.
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Corporate Authors:
Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
508 Birch Street
Bristol, CT United States 06010 -
Authors:
- McWhirter, R G
- Publication Date: 1968-5
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 24-26
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Serial:
- Railway Signaling and Communications
- Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Classification yards; Computers; Process control; Railroad terminals; Railroad yards; Retarder control; Retarders (Concrete)
- Identifier Terms: Southern Pacific Railroad
- Old TRIS Terms: Process control computers; Retarders
- Subject Areas: Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00072980
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 29 1976 12:00AM