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PC*MILER|Rail you can quickly calculate the Shortest route (least distance)
and/or the Practical route (based on historical operations) between any two points.
You may specify interline junctions or let PC*MILER|Rail choose junctions by
weighing location versus gateway importance. A new Fuel Surcharge routing
option is provided to accommodate the recent Surface Transportation Board
ruling on mileage-based fuel surcharge calculations. Routings for Intermodal,
Coal/Bulk and multi-level Auto Rack trains are also included.
PC*MILER|Rail can also be used in conjunction with ALK’s PC*MILER|RailConnect to generate mileages from within Microsoft® Excel®, display “pin maps”
for integrated real time mapping, and provide seamless integration with other
Windows-based transportation and logistics software. An optional batch
processing module, PC*MILER|Rail-BatchPro, enables quick processing and
summarizing of large volumes of car location messages (CLM’s), SPLC codes or
origin-destination pairs.
1.2 Additional PC*MILER|Rail Solutions
PC*MILER|Rail can be used on its own as a standalone product, or in
conjunction with the following connectivity and batch processing applications:
PC*MILER|Rail-Connect seamlessly interfaces PC*MILER|Rail routes,
mileages and reports with transportation management software systems and thirdparty software. Within other software applications, users can calculate
PC*MILER|Rail mileage for an origin/destination pair of locations with
intermediate stop-off points, display maps, run state-by-state mileage breakdowns
and generate detailed station reports. It also allows access to mileage and
mapping information from within Microsoft® Excel®.
PC*MILER|Rail-BatchPro enables users to quickly summarize empty, loaded,
and total mileages by equipment ID, railroad, or state and province for a large
number of rail movements. Large volumes of origin/destination locations can be
processed using a variety of geographic codes (identifiers) including station
name/state abbreviation, SPLC, FSAC, ERPC (3-3-3) and R260.
PC*MILER|Rail-TCP/IP provides an interface to PC*MILER|Rail-Connect trip
calculation functions on Windows personal computers from any other computer
platform over a TCP/IP network.
PC*MILER|Rail Stations Geocode Files include a complete list of all
PC*MILER|Rail freight stations by serving carrier and contains Station
Name/ST, SPLC, FSAC, 3-3-3, and R260 code information. There are two
versions of this file: one with latitude/longitude information and one without.
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