Presented by: Krishna C. Jha

Presented by: Andy John (CSX Transportation), Ravindra K. Ahuja

Presented by: Andy John (CSX Transportation), Ravindra K. Ahuja

Presented by: Rob Girardot (CSX Transportation), Michael Gatto

Presented by: Ravindra K. Ahuja

Presented by: Ravindra K. Ahuja

Presented by: Ravindra K. Ahuja

Presented by: Ravindra K. Ahuja

Presented by: Ravindra K. Ahuja, Krishna C. Jha, Jian Liu

Given origin-destination traffic data and yard capacity data, this software generates a recommended blocking plan for the entire network, minimizing the total cost of railcar mileage and railcar handlings while respecting a variety of operating constraints. view presentation

Train scheduling software determines how many trains to run; the origin, destination, and route of each train; the train arrival and departure times for each station at which it stops; the weekly operating schedule for each train; and the assignment of blocks of cars to trains, so that all blocks are carried from their origins to respective destinations while keeping total train scheduling costs (comprising of car hire, crew, and locomotive) minimal. view presentation

This software takes, as an input, a train schedule, locomotive availability data, and user-defined business rules and requirements. The software then generates extensive reports suggesting which locomotives are required for each type and recommended consists for each train, train-train connections at each terminal, and optimal deadheading and light engine moves. view presentation

This software takes, as an input, a train schedule, locomotive availability data, and user-defined business rules and requirements. The software then generates extensive reports suggesting which locomotives are required for each type and recommended consists for each train, train-train connections at each terminal, and optimal deadheading and light engine moves. view presentation

This software simulates locomotive movement across a rail network and keeps track of four major resources involved in locomotive management - locomotives, trains, terminals, and shops. It mimics a real-life environment in which train travel times are random variables, locomotives periodically visit shops for quarterly maintenances, locomotives break down at random intervals and go to shops for repairs, and shop repair and terminal processing times are random variables.

This software maps the assignment of railroad crew to trains as the flow of crew on an underlying network (where different crew types are modeled as different commodities), uses an integer programming-based approach to solve the underlying network flow model, and determines the optimal assignment of crew to trains. view presentation

This software allows a decision maker to understand, analyze, and optimize the resource utilization at hump yards by performing a railcar-by-railcar discrete simulation including train arrival and departure schedules, network blocking plans, and terminal track geometry. The analysis is also constrained by available resources, including yard crew, locomotives, and railcar inspector schedules. view presentation

This meet-pass planner generates a feasible flow of trains on a track corridor where trains moving in different directions compete for limited line (track) capacity. This optimization-based software recommends which train should yield in a passing situation. view presentation