ICC RELEASES COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR NEW RAIL COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

URCS, developed by the ICC Bureau of Accounts and its Section of Systems Development, replaces the Rail Form A to determine the cost of providing freight service for rate making purposes. URCS programs, written in Fortran 10, are run on a DEC-10 computer but can be programmed for other types. URCS Phase I encompasses statistical regression and analysis; Phase II contains worktables based on 1978 data from all Class I railroads. The required rail data base for all reporting Class I railroads is also available.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available from Section of Systems Development, Office of Managing Director, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423.
• Corporate Authors:

  Interstate Commerce Commission

  Bureau of Accounts
  Washington, DC  United States  20423
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Computer programs; Costs; Freight service; Operating costs; Rate making; Regression analysis; Statistics
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language); U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques; Rail form a costs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325431
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM