railroad automation
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Railroad
Commentary: CSX offers the first trip compliance reporting
Jim Blaze explains the new CSX trip compliance reporting... perhaps the first step for railroads to compete more effectively with the trucking industry.
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Railroad
Commentary: CSX beta test trip plans score card introduced
Jim Blaze writes about the competitiveness of railroads vs. trucks and the railroads' lack of interoperability.
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Australia
Rio Tinto’s autonomous trains can’t work in North America…yet
Autonomous trains might be fully running in remote Australia, but it will take awhile before those kinds of trains will be rolling down the North…
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Equipment
Will rail freight service benefit from better technology?
Precision scheduled railroading and positive train control can help railroads improve service, safety and profits. Learn how in Jim Blaze’s piece.
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Economics
Railroads look to PTC to shake out more capacity
Positive Train Control isn’t just about safety anymore as the railroads revisit how the technology can generate capacity and save money.
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