Meet Tops British Rail's Management System

Jonathan Aylen; Bob Gwynne

doi:10.1093/itnow/bwz019

Meet Tops British Rail's Management System

Jonathan Aylen, Bob Gwynne

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National Railway Museum

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British Rail made pioneering use of networked computers during the 1970s to manage freight trains. This little known story was presented to the Computer Conservation Society in London in October - Jonathan Aylen (Newcomen Society) and Bob Gwynne (National Railway Museum) report.

Original language	English
Pages	46-47
Number of pages	2
Volume	61
No.	1
Specialist publication	ITNOW
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/itnow/bwz019
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019

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Meet Tops British Rail's Management System

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