RailState

Adam Nori (left) and Nick Borders (right) have joined RailState’s sales and business development team.
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People News: RailState, New Orleans RTA, UP

Adam Nori and Nick Borders have joined RailState’s sales and business development team. Also, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) appoints Lona Edwards Hankins as permanent CEO; and Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President and CFO Jennifer Hamann is named a recipient of The Manufacturing Institute’s 2023 Women MAKE Awards.

Duos' RIP technology performed more than seven million comprehensive railcar scans in 2022.
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Supply Side: SGS Maine Pointe, Duos Technologies

SGS Maine Pointe partners with RailState to provide rail network visibility. Also, Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (Duos) reports that its Railcar Inspection Portal (RIP) performed more than seven million comprehensive railcar scans in 2022.

New York Air Brake’s DB-60 II™ with Brake Cylinder Maintaining™ (BCM™)

Supply Side: NYAB, RailState

New York Air Brake’s (NYAB) DB-60 II™ with Brake Cylinder Maintaining™ (BCM™) earns “unconditional approval” from the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Also, RailState’s network of sensors now covers all of Canada, spanning both CN and Canadian Pacific.

Commentary

Wayside Cameras, Integrated Sensors as Logistics Tools

The digital age of telematic network monitoring comes in different business models. It might even help resolve passenger and freight train capacity questions. Jim Blaze takes a look at how cameras might displace or at least supplement confusing private spreadsheet calculations as to network capacity and fluidity, as well as help shippers adjust their railway routing options when certain rail routes become congested.