BNSF to add RailComm Remote Control Derail System
September 4, 2008 -- RailComm recently received an order from BNSF Railway to provide a complete Automation System to control derails within their Amarillo Yard in Texas. RailComm’s industry-leading and outdoor-rated Operator Control Panel will provide wireless remote control to several bi-directional derail locations within the yard. Proximity Detection Loops were selected to provide reliable “over the derail” protection, preventing the derail from being remotely operated when a locomotive is in the protection zone. RailComm’s Operator Control Panel features an event recorder function, which will log all commands and indication state changes from each derail machine.
RailComm’s 2.4 GHz RADiANT™ data radios will provide a wireless communications network to link the control panel with the field locations.
For more information, contact RailComm, Inc., 1387 Fairport Road, Fairport, NY 14450. Phone: 585-377-3360.
About RailComm
RailComm, Inc. provides Machine-to-Machine technology (M2M) solutions for freight railroad, passenger rail and industrial operations throughout North America. We integrate our intelligent embedded controllers with existing field-based appliances and communicate remote control/status information to central and/or distributed control platforms such as our DOC® (Domain Operations Controller) server-based platform, and our line of industrial indoor/outdoor control panels. RailComm’s DOC® is a mission critical, server-based platform for Command, Control, Communication and Information (C3i) applications involving data acquisition, command/control decision logic, and complex communication networks. DOC® provides an extensible/scalable architecture to support a wide variety of customer specific industrial applications. RailComm control panels can be configured as stand-alone controllers or can be integrated with the DOC® system.
RailComm control systems are installed on most Class 1 railroads throughout North America, as well as dozens of Passenger Rail, Short Line and Regional railroads.
Contact Information:
RailComm, Inc.
Sean Gleeson
585-377-3360
sgleeson@railcomm.com
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Sean Gleeson
RailComm, Inc.
1387 Fairport Rd.
Fairport, NY 14450
585-377-3360 x125