YARD AUTOMATION: VALUE FOR MONEY

A review of different modern marshalling yards with their main characteristics: the new Kijfhoek marshalling yard (Rotterdam), Maschen (Hamburg), North Platte, Hinkle and Waycross (U.S.A.), Alyth (Calgary, Canada), several marshalling yards in Japan, Limmatal (Zurich, Switzerland) and Reef (South Africa).

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 13
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Hump yards; Yard operations
• Identifier Terms: Canadian Pacific; Nederlandse Spoorwegen; Nihon kokuyu tetsudo; Schweizerische Bundesbahnen; Spoornet; Union Pacific Railroad
• Old TRIS Terms: Yard throughput
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314868
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM