SORBA and Transportation Rail Switches

Asset: Rail Switches

A Class 1 Railroad Manages Over 10,000 Rail Switches Installed Throughout The 21,000 Miles of Track. A Rail Switch is a Mechanical Installation Enabling Locomotives to be Guided from One Track to Another

Challenge:

• FRA mandates costly inspections of all rail switches
• Railroad company seeking alternative measures to combat operating expense and lower scheduled maintenance hours
• Inability to correlate environmental factors to switch failures

Results:

• Reduced train delay
• Improved locomotive velocity with efficient coordination and proper management of rail switches derived from data insight
• Modeled an FRA mandated inspection test through analysis of historical and real-time failure data correlated to work orders
• Field technicians properly notified of future failures, lowering the overall cost of operating costs