Railway Interchange 2019

Hi-Tech Methods for Railcar Maintenance: Leveraging the Investment in PTC, Big Data for Small Rail (Room 208CD)

This session will include updates on the current focus of the industry’s Asset Health Strategic Initiative. Topics covered will include onboard & wayside condition & performance monitoring, component tracking, bad actor car identification, detector quality monitoring, multi-level M&R pool billing, and End-of-Train telemetry device management.

Topic A. Leveraging the Investment in PTC

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  • Speaker: Kevin Stokes, Director Telecom & PTC Comms, CSX Transportation

Topic B. Big Data for Small Rail 

TTX Company is applying innovative data science solutions to railcar maintenance for their fleet of 220k railcars. They are developing machine learning models and advanced analytics techniques to tackle tough business challenges, automate processes and drive business value across the organization. This presentation will provide an introductory overview of machine learning and provide a foundational context for how the data science work at TTX has helped them evolve their business processes and enhance decision making.

  • Speaker: Kristina Chambers, Director of Operations Strategy and Analytics, TTX Company

Session Sponsor: Kim Bowling, Director of Advanced Engineering, CSX Transportation