IMPROVED RAILROAD OPERATIONS USING A RAILROAD AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION SYSTEM. VOLUME 1: NEW PROCEDURES FOR MAKING TACTICAL OPERATIONS PLANNING DECISION

This volume documents the new tactical operations planning procedures developed to interface with the Grand Trunk's Railroad Automation Identification and Location System (RAILS). The tactical planning procedures for dispatching and yard management are described in detail, and the results of on-line experiments are presented. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75440
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-275 592. Prepared in cooperation with Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co., Detroit, Mich.
• Corporate Authors:

  SRI International

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025-3493

  Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company

  131 West Lafayette Boulevard
  Detroit, MI  United States  48226

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Policy and Program Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wong, P J
  • CONRAD, B
  • Elliott, C V
  • Johnson, J M
  • Tashker, M G
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 232 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Car distribution (Railroads); Car utilization (Railroads); Computer programming; Computer programs; Control systems; Dispatching; Freight cars; Inventory control; Location; Management; Management information systems; Operations; Planning; Position fixing; Railroad terminals; Railroad transportation; Railroad yards; Routing; Scheduling; Simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Distributing; Grand trunk western railroad company; Management planning; Operations planning; Yard and terminal control
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169301
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/OPPD-77/18 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-45020
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM