CLOSED CIRCUIT TV AIDS BUSY TERMINAL

Belt Railway of Chicago uses CCTV combining high-speed cameras, infrared lighting, and video tape recorders for car checking prior to classification. Accuracy as high as 99.9 percent is achieved as cars are moved through the scanning areas at normal yard speeds while labor requirement for the checking have been reduced substantially.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1981-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 66-68
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Closed circuit television; Infrared radiation; Productivity; Railroad cars; Television; Yard operations
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Old TRIS Terms: Car checking
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330158
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM