English to Polish Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping

When the railcars weren’t moving, they sat in freight yards. At the time he started his job, freight yards didn’t keep up-to-date records of the idle rolling stock they contained because, in the days before widespread digital computers, sensors, and networks, there was no way to cost-effectively know or communicate the location of each car. So it was impossible for this or any other railroad to systematically track its most important inventory, even though doing so would be hugely beneficial to the company’s bottom line.

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