Early freight car tracking 1957

[undefined Hancock-4]

This article describes a data processing device built by Stromberg Carlson
and Western Union to track freight cars for the Rock Island railroad.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ROxEAAAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22modern%20railroads%22%20refrigerator&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=true

[Andy Burns]

Post by undefined Hancock-4
This article describes a data processing device built by Stromberg Carlson
and Western Union to track freight cars for the Rock Island railroad.
https://books.google.com/books?id=ROxEAAAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22modern%20railroads%22%20refrigerator&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=true

Bearing in mind that Google Books is not globally available, is that
referring to this?

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KarTrak>

[Robert Netzlof]

Post by Andy Burns
Bearing in mind that Google Books is not globally available, is that
referring to this?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KarTrak>

It is not. The original reference was to an article regarding a system which used teletype inputs and outputs, that is, data input by clerks at keyboards. Apparently it was able to split such input messages into individual records, then shuffle those records into reports destined for various remote points.

[Peter Flass]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by undefined Hancock-4
This article describes a data processing device built by Stromberg Carlson
and Western Union to track freight cars for the Rock Island railroad.
https://books.google.com/books?id=ROxEAAAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22modern%20railroads%22%20refrigerator&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=true

Bearing in mind that Google Books is not globally available, is that
referring to this?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KarTrak>

I’m in the reverse situation, but I use VPN to access stuff from Europe
they don’t want me to see. “HideMe” is fairly cheap and has servers all
over the world.