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Record 1 1992-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

A data entry and retrieval system used mainly to communicate among widely scattered distribution locations, through visual display facilities, instructions regarding the movements of empty cars released by customers of received in interchange from foreign roads.

OBS

empty car routing; E.C.R.: Terms officialized by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Système d'entrée et d'extraction de données servant principalement, au moyen de terminaux à écran de visualisation, à transmettre à des centres de distribution disséminés des instructions sur le mouvement des wagons vides restitués par les clients ou cédés par des réseaux étrangers.

OBS

Termes uniformisés par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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