Open-Source Solutions: The Secret to Railroad Technology Affordability
With recent technological advancements, the rail industry has begun the integration of technology-enabled solutions that benefit their operations. However, before any railroad invests in technology, they must have...
2020 in the Rear-View
2020 has been a tough year as the Global pandemic interrupted the ‘normal’ ways of doing business. The impact on people’s lives will be felt long into the future. This year has highlighted how much we rely and take for granted our connections with friends and colleagues...
Track Inspection and Maintenance Transformation: From Firefighting to Proactive Planning
Maintaining railway tracks and keeping them in a good working condition throughout the year requires a highly coordinated effort on part of the rail inspectors and maintainers, track managers, and executive decision makers...
Top 3 Factors to Consider for Track Inspection Software Selection
Track inspection and maintenance operations have many aspects that can benefit greatly by implementing the right technology solutions to automate critical parts of the operations. In this blog, we’ll share 3 key factors to consider while assessing track inspection and maintenance software...
Key Challenges of Track Maintenance and How to Resolve them
Track inspection and maintenance are critical to railroad companies’ success and safety track record. In this post we will discuss two most important challenges of track maintenance and share suggestions to overcome these challenges. 1. Schedule Planning Railroad tracks extend ...
Linear Asset Management Platform: A Suite of Apps for Railroads
Railroads have a unique challenge at their hands: managing linear assets instead of traditional asset inventories. It’s only logical that they use a specialized system to manage and maintain the geographically dispersed assets instead of using the systems made for ...
Data Management for Linear Assets: Case for Edge Processing
Collecting and processing data efficiently is central to good linear asset management. In general, the more data we collect on linear assets, the more accurate analytics we can run and the better picture we get for the real-time state of ...
Year 2019: Partnerships Recap
This is the second part of our blog looking back at milestones that we achieved during 2019. Our proudest achievements are only possible with our partners, so here is a recap of the key partnerships made or strengthened during this ...
Year 2019: Product Development Milestones
2019 was an incredible growth year at TekTracking, packed with accomplishments and learning experiences. As we reflect on 2019 and summarize our accomplishments the two words that come to mind are “Partnerships & Product Development” as they capture succinctly how ...