AND NOW, TRAIN II

Now fully operational, TRAIN II will keep track of about two million freight cars, helping to form a national transportation system of sixty-six diverse railroads, and provide quick reference on car inventories. The system handles 300,000 reports/day plus information on empty placements and destinations; it produces daily reports on fleet disposition: placement, loading, origin and destination, interchanges, regional boundary crossings, arrivals at destination, unloading, bad order/storage/holds, and empty car destinations. Access to the information is on a 44 Model 3270 CR7 terminal, the visual display eliminating the need for quicker reports. Security is ensured with each railroad having a unique address to access the computers. TRAIN II should help railroads to utilize their fleets more.

• 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: 1975-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 39-40
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information systems; Railcar utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Train ii
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128837
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1976 12:00AM