REPORT OF TASK FORCE FOUR: RECOMMENDED FREIGHT CAR MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS OF THE FREIGHT CAR UTILIZATION RESEARCH-DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

Studies were initiated to identify and analyze car management problems, develop and evaluate alternative strategies to attack these problems, and develop and demonstrate hardware and software to implement such strategies. The report is thus a planning document concerned with railroad car management system.

• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads

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

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Policy and Program Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 182 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car distribution (Railroads); Car utilization (Railroads); Control systems; Coordination; Freight cars; Information systems; Management; Management information systems; Planning; Railroad cars; Railroad transportation; Research; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car distribution; Management planning; Operating strategies; Train ii
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167110
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/OPPD-77/17 Final Rpt., AAR-R-275
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-65146
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM