CASE STUDIES ON CAR INSPECTION, CONDITIONING AND REJECTION

This report presents the results of case studies and evaluation dealing with car rejection, inspection and conditioning. These case studies have been brought together in the hopes of providing a greater insight into the difficult problem of assigning empty cars to meet shippers' requirements at the least cost. A greater understanding of this problem should lead to the development of methods that will produce a better trade-off between the cost of car rejections and the cost of preventing them.

• Corporate Authors:

  ADD Systems

  2704 Easton Drive
  Burlingame, CA  United States  94010

  Association of American Railroads

  Freight Car Utilization Program, 1920 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • DINGLE, A D
• Publication Date: 1977-1-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box cars; Car distribution (Railroads); Car utilization (Railroads); Classification; Cleaning; Freight cars; Gondola cars; Inspection; Railroad cars; Traffic managers; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Car classification; Empty cars; Freight car cleaning; Freight car inspection; Freight car maintenance
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322190
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: AAR R-307
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1980 12:00AM