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Track: Transportation, Logistics Planning
Todd Crane
Conrail
2001 Market Street 19-C
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: 215-209-5665
Fax: 215-209-1338
E-mail: todd.crane@conrail.com
Jeff Eilenberg
Locomotive 6724, Where Are You? Integration of GPS, Mobile Telemetry, and GIS Technologies in a Railroad Environment
Conrail manages a locomotive fleet of approximately 2,100 units, half of which are in long haul service operating both on Conrail-owned trackage and off property. A locomotive condition monitoring system (LCMS) was developed to monitor these $2 billion in assets by providing near real-time location and operating characteristics. Systems currently in use at Conrail do not provide timely and accurate data, and commercially available locomotive health monitoring systems are typically of a limited, closed architecture. Preliminary specifications and a prototype were developed based on an open system philosophy consistent with the company's information technology architecture. ArcView, Conrail's desktop GIS, was used as the front end to this highly dynamic and versatile data collection, management, and analysis system. Prototype architecture and capabilities for the on-board computer (OBC), communications subsystem, and host/server modules are discussed. Integration of locomotive originated data and existing
data sets and proposed enhancements are also addressed.
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