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Real-Time Data and Telemetry Solutions

Integrating rail operations data into one intuitive platform.

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RailDS is a software solution that can increase rail operator productivity and lower system operating costs. Through a combination of real-time insights, centralized data analysis, and predictive analytics, RailDS can advance system-wide management and performance.

On-Board Systems

Integration Capabilities

  • Train Management Systems (TMS)
  • Monitoring and Control Units (MCU)
  • Train Network Controllers (TNC)
  • Safety and Positive Train Control (PTC) Systems
  • Crash Hardened Event Recorders
  • Power / Generator Systems
  • Layover Systems
  • HVAC Systems
  • Fuel Systems
  • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
  • GPS Systems

Wayside Equipment

Integration Capabilities

  • Vital / Non-Vital Signaling and Safety Systems
  • Crossing Control Systems
  • Interlocking / Crossing Event Recorders
  • SCADA Systems
  • Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI)
  • Radio Frequency (RF) Systems
  • Battery and Charging Systems
  • Weather Stations
  • Camera and Security Systems
  • Telephony Systems
  • Data Radios
  • Protocol Translation

Back-Office Analytics

Integration Capabilities

  • Centralized Traffic Control Systems (CTCS)
  • Computer Aided Dispatch Systems (CAD)
  • Temporary Speed Restriction Systems (TSR)
  • Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)
  • Maintenance and Ticketing Systems
  • External / Cloud Based Data Feeds
  • Network Management Systems (NMS)
On-Board Systems Wayside Equipment Back-Office Analytics

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Burns' RailDS platform integrates data to:

Quickly resolve incidents through active monitoring and issue analysis.

Predict and prevent potential failures, avoiding downtime and lowering maintenance costs.

Simplify data collection, enhance troubleshooting, and reduce time spent on compliance reporting.

Advance System-Wide Management and Performance

  • Track wide range of potentially hazardous incidents
  • Transponder configuration anomalies
  • Construction zone operations
  • Recoverable pneumatic valve activations
  • Slippery rail
  • Monitor and diagnose system performance issues
  • PTC Wayside Interface Unit (WIU) diagnostics
  • Crossing/interlocking event recorders
  • Cross reference temperature with on-board and wayside equipment anomalies
  • Enhance system health monitoring
  • On-board systems and wayside equipment battery and communications systems diagnostics
  • Real-time activity confirmations and maintenance alerts
  • Verification of asset and configuration management data
  • Develop customized dashboards and heat maps
  • Internal performance tracking
  • Safety improvements
  • Federal reporting
  • Rail operation visualizations
  • Geofencing to identify, locate, and categorize system performance issues
  • Historical analyses

Meet Our Team

Ryan Breier

Vice President, Signals, Communications & Train Control

Scott McKelvie

Director of Business Development, Railroad & Transit

Ralph Collins

Principal Engineering Specialist

Daniel Brown

Principal Engineering Specialist