HOW A DIGITAL COMPUTER CONTROLS A CLASS YARD

A detailed description of the successive operations carried out in a marshalling yard, between the time of arrival of a train and the departure of a train formed of wagons marshalled on the sorting sidings. An explanation is given of the role of the electronic computer, which assembles and stores all the data, as and when the marshalling operations proceed, and transmits the necessary instructions in turn to the different sections of the marshalling yard.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • George, F
• Publication Date: 1968-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 24-31
• Serial:
  • Railway Signaling and Communications
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arrivals and departures; Automatic control; Classification yards; Computers; Railroad terminals; Railroad yards
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic car control
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072982
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1976 12:00AM