| Railroads face a complex set of economic
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| | deployed. In addition to the standard
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| and operational challenges like
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| | configuration, our team of experienced
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| competitive freight pricing, asset
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| | engineers can design systems to meet
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| utilization and competition with trucking,
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| | specific application requirements. Some of
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| capital expenditure levels, industry
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| | the customized applications developed to
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| consolidation and debt management.
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| | integrate with the system
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| Technology applications from GAORFID can
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| | Track Inspection System
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| aid the rail industry to evolve business
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| | Signal Asset Tracking System
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| solutions in enhancing revenue growth
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| | Safety Audit
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| while reducing cost through efficient
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| | Inventory and Maintenance
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| operations, maintenance, asset utilization
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| | Equipment Distribution and Management
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| and capacity management.
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| | Car Accounting Systems
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| The GAO RFID systems technology provides
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| | Rail Yard Information Management
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| exact location and status of any
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| | FEATURES/BENEFITS
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| individual objectives mentioned above, and
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| | The System stores tag data including time,
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| predicts their dynamic changes from the
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| | date, train direction and speed.
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| system, particularly the change of
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| | It also responds to inquiries via modem
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| rail-wagon throughput at the marshalling
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| | and interfaces to scales, video systems
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| sites, interface between local railways,
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| | and diagnostic and monitoring devices.
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| confine interface. This enables timely,
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| | Timely data to increase capacity, speed,
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| accurate and integral information and
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| | automation and operational flexibility
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| decision assistance for the management of
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| | Arrival and departure data for signal and
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| train transportation and the customer. The
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| | control operations
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| system contains the sub-systems of
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| | GAO Products for demanding RAIL RFID
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| Confirmation, Freight Billing,
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| | Applications
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| Transportation Planning, Train
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| | RFID technology developed a range of
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| Marshalling, Train Dispatching, Real-time
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| | readers and ID-tags that fulfils the tough
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| Tracking of Train and Container,
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| | requirements of the rail industry. These
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| Prediction of Train Throughput and Revenue
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| | products are used worldwide in railway
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| Run, etc. GAO RFID provides end-to-end
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| | applications which require identification
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| Railroad / Transit application management
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| | and positioning at high speed, with high
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| services
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| | precision and in demanding environments.
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| APPLICATIONS
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| | GAO ID-tags
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| A GAO RFID Railway system is available in
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| | The ID-tags are mounted on the front,
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| a number of configurations designed to
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| | side, top or underneath each individual
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| economically meet a full range of service
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| | vehicle or on the sleepers in special tag
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| requirements. Reader systems provide
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| | fixings. The ID-tag is an extremely
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| automated tracking of railcars via RFID
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| | resistant, totally encapsulated and
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| tags, and make railcar location
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| | maintenance free. It has a predictable
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| information available to railroads for
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| | life of 6, 8 or 10 years, depending on
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| asset management and other purposes.
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| | model.
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| Traffic and Passenger Information: The
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| | GAO Fixed Reader
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| system provides accurate and reliable
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| | Standard readers are suitable for Rail
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| information about where a train is
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| | track-side installations. Readers can be
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| located. This real-time information is
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| | installed at key locations such as
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| forwarded to IT systems and used to update
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| | stations, terminal entrances or
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| the passenger information displays at
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| | maintenance locations. The reader
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| stations and terminals.
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| | identifies the ID-tag at a range of up to
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| Operation and Maintenance: Precise
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| | 6 meters and at passage speeds of up to
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| information about the configuration of
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| | 300km/h.
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| wagons within a train can be provided
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| | GAO Handheld Reader
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| automatically by the system. This
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| | The Handheld a 2.45 GHz RFID reader. The
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| information can be integrated with other
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| | versatility of the industrial PDA together
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| systems such as track inspection systems,
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| | with the flexibility of RFID technology
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| so that the recorded information can be
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| | makes the Handheld reader an ideal
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| automatically matched to the actual wagon,
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| | supplement to stationary readers in
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| thus eliminating errors.
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| | applications such as train maintenance.
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| Location of the Train: The System with the
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| | The reader allows for quick and reliable
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| help of the reader determines the location
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| | on-the-spot identification and
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| of the train by reading the tag identity
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| | verification of objects such as wagons.
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| as the train passes over the tag at speed.
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| | GAO Heavy Duty reader
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| This location data is transferred to the
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| | Heavy Duty readers are ruggedized,
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| onboard system and can be used to update
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| | designed to withstand environmental
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| passenger information automatically
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| | factors such as temperature, moisture,
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| Controlling and Positioning of Trains:
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| | shock and vibration. This allows them to
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| Some onboard systems require a precise
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| | be mounted directly on the outside of
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| position of the train, for example to
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| | vehicles. This reader can be used to
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| control stopping positions. The reader
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| | provide positioning information for
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| accurately reports the position when the
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| | onboard systems on a train.
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| train passes over an ID-tag.
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| | GAO RFID has a solution for the unique
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| In combination with requirements new
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| | challenges of your rail or inter-modal
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| applications can be rapidly prototyped and
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| | operations.
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