MISSOURI PACIFIC'S COMPUTERIZED FREIGHT CAR SCHEDULING SYSTEM. SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

As part of the development of the Freight Car Scheduling System, the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) will collect and analyze railroad performance data during a period beginning in January 1978 and continuing into 1979. These data will be used in assessing the effectiveness of the scheduling system. The purpose of the document is to describe MP's plan for conducting the measurement task. The document identifies the expected changes, the pilot implementation area, the performance measures to be taken, and how the data will be collected and presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated July 1977, PB-275439.
• 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: 1978-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car utilization (Railroads); Information processing; Management information systems; Quality of service; Quality of work; Scheduling
• Identifier Terms: Missouri Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00196928
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-OPPD-78/9 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-65139
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 1979 12:00AM