Asset: Locomotive
A US-Based Rail Transportation Company Manages 21,000 Miles of Track and Operates a Fleet of 4,000 Locomotives & 100,000 Rail Cars. In Addition to Rolling Assets, they Maintain Maintenance Shop Facilities, Railyards, Hump Stations, Ship to Rail Terminals and Large Intermodal Transfers.
Challenge:
- Plagued by operational and catastrophic asset failures
- Since 2003, the company has experienced over $1 billion in total losses in 2,500 train derailments
- Aging rail infrastructure paired with legacy locomotives lacking the necessary instrumentation to produce data for analysis
- CMMS analytics unable to analyze real-time sensor data
Results:
- Predicted battery anomalies
- Reduce unscheduled downtime
- Improve maintenance shop effectiveness
- Provided sensor instrumentation on locomotive diesel engine
- Data utilized to create smart algorithms/agents to predict future engine failures