TERMINAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS

This report summarizes and assesses the presentations made and the discussions held during a two-day seminar on the Measurement of Terminal Performance which was conducted under the auspices of the Labor/Management Task Force on Rail Transportation. The seminar was held in Chicago on May 21 and 22, 1975. The written material submitted by the participants is reproduced in the Appendices. The main part of the report consists of a comparison of the similarities and differences between the various systems, together with an assessment of the seminar and a list of conclusions and recommendations. It was prepared by and is based on the interpretations and judgements of the St. Louis Project Team of the Task Force. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions expressed by all of those attending the seminar.

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

  Association of American Railroads

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

  Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

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

  Federal Railroad Administration

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

  Railroad Labor Organizations

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• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 260 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Information systems; Management information systems; Productivity; Quality of work; Switching; Yard operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Management information and control; Yard and terminal information systems; Yard performance; Yard throughput
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129256
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-OPPD-76-4
• Contract Numbers: EB-400-0-ARR-849
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 19 1976 12:00AM