MISSOURI PACIFIC'S COMPUTERIZED FREIGHT CAR SCHEDULING SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

This report describes the design and planned operation of the Missouri Pacific car scheduling system. The design is based on a car scheduling prototype effort. The car scheduling programs actually implemented may vary somewhat from this design as user requirements and system limitations are more fully defined in detailed functional specifications.

• Corporate Authors:

  Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

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

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Policy and Program Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 149 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car utilization (Railroads); Freight cars; Freight trains; Information processing; Management; Management information systems; Planning; Quality of service; Reports; Routing; Scheduling
• Identifier Terms: Missouri Pacific Railroad
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reporting
• Old TRIS Terms: Management planning; Operating strategies; Report generators
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169278
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/OPPD-77/10 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-65139
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM