Archive Corner: TOPS British transport films
A look at an archive film from the British Transport Film Archives Pairojeans channel. In this video, we find out about BR (British Railways) TOPS code system (Total Operations Processing System) & how it works.
Here’s the video…
When the railway was the only way, I can see how TOPS would have been a useful system. It’s not really surprising that the railways eventually lost work like this, so much easier to load stuff onto a road vehicle and move it directly from A to B.
Yes, certainly agree. A lot more competition from the roads these days.