CONTROL AND PLANNING

The Freight Service Measurement System (FSM) of the Chessie System permits tighter controls on operations as a result of advanced planning, now done primarily on a departmental level. Features of the system include: identification of failures for each car not moving correctly; improved scheduling; generation of reports by class of traffic overhead, off-line destination, number of cars by route, customer.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  Watson Publications, 5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • Roberts, R
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 74-75
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads/Rail Transit
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Information systems; Management; Planning; Quality of service
• Identifier Terms: Chessie System
• Old TRIS Terms: Management methods; Management planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149996
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM