Tideworks Technology has been selected by BNSF to provide graphical planning software for a pilot project at its Alliance Intermodal Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Tideworks will integrate its Spinnaker Planning Management System and Traffic Control applications with BNSF’s gate system and mainframe technology.
Railroad intermodal yards have not needed the planning functionality in software for marine terminals as they have traditionally run wheeled yard systems. However, BNSF and other railroads are now moving to install stacking cranes to increase the capacity of facilities, opening up an opportunity TOS vendors have been courting for some time....
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