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'On Tue, 26 May 1998 09:56:56, "Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com> wrote:
> cory hamasaki <kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net> wrote in article
> <7kepWhCNP4qd-pn2-816PwdMkeljN@localhost>...
>
> > Try AAR at (202) 639-2550, which is their public affairs department.
> Also,
> > check with RAILINC at (202) 639-5500. If you're in the DC area, you can
> > probably arrange a visit to their facility. Heck, offer to fix their
> problem...
> > but don't give them a guarentee.
>
> I did a little bit of browsing and found the following and sent e-mail to
> an AAR guy as below. Let's see if he replys. Here's what I've found so
> far:
..good research, Harlan... for an old geezer, that is.
> aar.com
> Member Railroads -> Union Pacific -> Union Pacific Technologies
>
> Railroad Operations Systems
>
> USA/Canada - or - International TCS (in Spanish, Internacional TCS/SICOTRA)
>
>
> North America
>
> UPT has extensive experience in railroad computerization. Personnel
> currently associated with UPT were responsible for the original development
> of the Transportation Control System (TCS) on the Missouri Pacific Railroad
> and its subsequent implementation on the Union Pacific and Western Pacific
> Railroads after the 1982 merger. TCS is recognized as the most
> comprehensive freight car management system in the railroad industry today.
> Over 2,000 man-years have been spent developing a highly integrated system
> that controls all aspects of railroad operation, including:
2,000 man-years? Shmuel, how big was D2/D3? I guessing about 1,000 man-years
and a billion dollars including hardware. TCS is bigger than D2/D3! ...and
they say TCS was running in 1982. I taste blood in the water...
Controls all aspects of railroad operation.... Like the creature in "Alien",
this thing has grown bigger than what I saw. Where's Sigourney Weaver?
2,000 man-years at 100K/man-year = 200 million dollar development effort, very
roughly.
..and this is a single point of failure for everything.
> Billing and Rating Car and Train Movement Empty Car Distribution
> Freight Car Scheduling Yard Classification and Inventory Control Car
> Cycle Inquiries Intermodal System Locomotive Scheduling and Maintenance
> Crew Dispatching Work Order Management Interline shipment monitoring
Scheduling = Dates
Billing = Dates
Dispatching = Dates
shipment monitoring = Dates
Size Does Matter.
cory hamasaki Harlan, Don, Paul, keep pecking at them! Let's get the truth!
It's starting to look like I'll have a new job mucking out the barn at camp
milne, please sir, if I muck for another hour, can I skip tonight's economics
lecture?
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Subject:
Re: Cory - still using TCAM 10?
Date:
26 May 1998 23:15:18 GMT
From:
kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net (cory hamasaki)
Organization:
HHResearch Co.
Newsgroups:
comp.software.year-2000
References:
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