Railway Blocking Process

Carl Van Dyke () and Marc Meketon ()
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Marc Meketon: Oliver Wyman

Chapter Chapter 5 in Handbook of Operations Research Applications at Railroads, 2015, pp 119-162 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Prior to the widespread adoption of unit trains and the rise of intermodal, most traffic moved in “loose car” or “manifest” service (also called “car load traffic”). In this type of service, sets of railcars are grouped together on a temporary basis into “blocks.”

Keywords: Blocking System; Business Logic; Classification Cost; Local Block; Class Code (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-7571-3_5

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