Safe rail operation during low light and night-time conditions requires that directional, regulatory, and cautionary information be displayed upon control devices and be clearly visible to the rail operator. Manual inspection of rail signs and markers makes regular maintenance time-consuming and expensive. Mandli Communications and Facet Technology Corporation have teamed up to develop an automated system that provides a safe, cost-effective alternative.

As an add-on component of Mandli's rail data collection system, accurate reflectivity data can now be collected from a customized vehicle installed on hi-rail, or from a system installed on a rail car. Luminance values are determined on-the-fly using an active infrared light sensor triggered at periodic intervals along a route along with a high-intensity black and white digital image intensity frame.

• Reflectivity collected in a single pass at normal speeds of operation
• Digital railway imagery and GPS data collected simultaneously
• No asset inventory knowledge required of rail operator

Software

• Roadview 6

Further Information