SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAIL TRANSPORT OF TRAILERS

• Main Authors: LEFEBVRE DAN, WEBTER EARL, MILLER DOUGLAS J, VENSLOVAITIS ED, PARRY ALAN O, TIEN HAO, LEUNG PHILIP C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.06.2011
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; RAILWAYS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A trailer transport system for tracking trains having a plurality of rail cars, wherein each rail car can transport a trailer, is described. The system includes a computer system having a trailer tracking program, wherein the trailer tracking program receives information regarding a trailer to be transported and stores the information in a record and a plurality of terminals, wherein each terminal includes a terminal management system communicatively connected to the computer system, wherein the terminal management system pulls up the record corresponding to the trailer to be transported when the trailer arrives at the terminal and modifies the record to reflect the trailer's transportation status.