• Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Computer systems for managing locos and rolling stock

Status
Not open for further replies.

PMN1

Member
Joined
20 Sep 2013
Messages
43
When was the first computer system for managing locos and rolling stock introduced?
 
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

ChiefPlanner

Established Member
Joined
6 Sep 2011
Messages
7,768
Location
Herts
Various telex communications and mainframe train planning systems came in the early 1960's - "Blocplan" in South Wales for example in / around 1962....TOPS was a real winner though and used / uses many USA abbreviations like "Carino" (car information) and brakevans were "Cab" (for caboose) -
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top