How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before T… ...

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS ...

James Bain (JB): ORCATS was created in the 1970s by British Rail. It is a computerisation of the railway clearing house, which was invented in 1842 to make sure the private companies back in the 19th ...