A PROGRAM OF EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING CHANGES IN TERMINAL OPERATIONS -- COMPLETION REPORT, 23RD STREET-IVORY (HEAVY HAULER) TRANSFER EXPERIMENT

This experimental program is a labor, management and government undertaking directed by the Labor/Management Committee. The St. Louis Terminal of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was selected as a location for testing innovative experiments in terminal operations. Temporary experimental changes are considered in any operational or regulatory aspect of the terminal. This report reflects the results and conclusions from an experiment involving a change in management practices and operations. The project teams Car Movement Evaluation System was used in the development of the experiment. As a result of the experiment car detention time was reduced 28 hours per car on 18 cars per day. Management will continue to operate the transfer.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Requests should be directed to the Task Force on Rail Transportation of the Labor/Management Committee, D.M. Collins, Secretary, FRA.
• Corporate Authors:

  Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

  Missouri Pacific Building, 210 North 13th Street
  St Louis, MO  United States  63103

  Association of American Railroads

  50 F Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001-1564

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Railroad Labor Organizations

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• Publication Date: 1975-7-21

Media Info

• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight terminals; Intermodal terminals; Productivity; Railroad terminals; Railroad yards; Work rules
• Identifier Terms: Missouri Pacific Railroad
• Geographic Terms: Saint Louis (Missouri)
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: EB-400-0-ARR-849, DOT-FR-4-3003
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM