System and method for rail transport of trailers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8612287
APP PUB NO 20110153470A1
SERIAL NO

12822134

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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.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD SE CALGARY T2C 4X9

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lefebvre, Dan Oakville, CA 1 6
Leung, Philip C Scarborough, CA 8 109
Miller, Douglas J Oakville, CA 50 393
Parry, Alan O Mississauga, CA 2 14
Tien, Hao Mississauga, CA 2 11
Venslovaitis, Ed Toronto, CA 1 6
Webster, Earl Markham, CA 1 1

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