NEW DIMENSION IN CTC

Computer, solid state electronics and cathode ray tube displays are adding new dimensions to centralized traffic control. A new concept called "area dispatching" allows the dispatcher to visualize the interaction between events over a much larger area. Computer systems have now been developed to handle entire "meets" and to select routes through large terminal areas.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1974-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 70-72
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centralized traffic control; Computers; Dispatching; Information processing; Signaling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084925
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1976 12:00AM