Rail Mobile®
Portable scanner for documenting railcar numbers, location and status

Benefits:

  • Allows user to maintain an accurate record of on-site car numbers, locations and status.
  • Eliminates labor cost for manually recording railcar numbers and locations with paper and pencil.
  • Eliminates labor cost for manually entering handwritten data into electronic format.
  • Eliminates errors inherent in manual field records and data entry.
  • Eliminates wasted switch crew time searching for misplaced cars.

    • For more information, call 281.286.8000 or click here to send email inquiry

    Overview:

    All railcars in North America are equipped with an Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) tag on each side of the car. Rail Mobile® allows users with a handheld scanner to read and record car numbers electronically, and to simultaneously record car status and car location by yard, track and spot. Rail Mobile® enables rapid, automated and error-proof data collection and creates an electronic record that can easily be imported into other applications.

    Common uses include railcar tracking, monitoring, maintenance, inspection, and inventory management. Rail Mobile® offers four primary functions: record car inventory by track (track walk), record inbound car list, record outbound car list, and scan individual car number to verify AEI tag functionality. Rail Mobile® allows users to scan two adjacent tracks at the same time, significantly reducing labor cost.

    Rail Mobile® is configured to allow multiple data output modes (email, FTP, database import), and broad range of communication options (wired/wireless network, GPRS, or serial connection to PC). Rail Mobile® is designed to operate on a variety of Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) handheld scanners,

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