BARSTOW - SANTA FE'S NEW, PIVOTAL YARD
The $50 million classification facility at Barstow, CA, is handling 2,700 cars and 75 freight trains daily which proceed in three directions over Santa Fe main lines. Cars are blocked for over 70 destinations. This series of articles describes the physical layout, computer applications, classification procedures, car and locomotive repair and servicing operations, communications and signaling installations, and details of the yard's construction.
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Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
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Corporate Authors:
Murphy-Richter Publishing Company
20 North Wacker Driver
Chicago, IL United States 60606 - Publication Date: 1976-7
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 43-64
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Serial:
- Progressive Railroading
- Volume: 19 N
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
- ISSN: 0033-0817
- Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data communications; Information processing; Information systems; Layout; Railroad cars; Railroad yards; Repairing; Yard operations
- Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
- Geographic Terms: California
- Old TRIS Terms: Car repair; Yard and terminal information systems; Yard layout
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00147688
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM