Systems and methods for managing railcar usage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9849896
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14497473

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A system for managing the transportation of crude oil by rail includes a user terminal having a display screen and a processing system coupled to the user terminal through a communications link. The processing system is operable to generate a user interface on the display screen of the user terminal receiving input information from a user, including information indicating a loading facility for loading a selected set of railcars and an unloading facility for unloading the selected set of railcars. The processing system is further operable to forecast an arrival time for the set of cars at the loading facility and an arrival time for the set of cars at the unloading facility and display the forecasted arrival times at the loading and unloading facilities on the display screen of the user terminal.

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BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY2650 LOU MENK DRIVE FORT WORTH TX 76131

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Archambeau, Brandon Jay Fort Worth, US 1 0
Flanery, Michelle Rae Haslet, US 1 0
Gary, Joshua Landon Fort Worth, US 1 0
Kohale, Vipin Gangadhar Fort Worth, US 1 0
Lease, Robert Wayne Fort Worth, US 1 0
Painter, Steven Mitchell Fort Worth, US 1 0
Palcich, Gregory Lee Keller, US 1 0
Peterson, Caleb Mikel Fort Worth, US 1 0
Saylor, Robert Joseph Decatur, US 1 0
Schlenker, Martin Andrew Grapevine, US 1 0

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