Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad taps Trainyard Tech
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefTrainyard Tech, LLC says it has signed a contract with Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. to install the CLASSMASTER™ process control system at Blue Island Yard in Hammond, Ind.
CLASSMASTER™ is built using commercial off-the-shelf products running on the Microsoft Windows XP platform, the company says, allowing a move away from proprietary components and allowing for flexibility and ease of installation and maintenance. Wonderware InTouch is used to provide an easy-to-use, intuitive HMI interface.
Highlights of the CLASSMASTER™ system include: auto calibration; DTC; easily readable loggers; graphic playback; realtime hump list display; eBlock™ electronic track blocking; automatic report generation; NX route control, AEI Integration; PCS system and I/O redundancy; hot standby operation; wireless maintenance PC tablet; remote diagnostics and maintenance; and locomotive speed control. Automatic calibration delivers the highest levels of accuracy quickly. User-friendly data storage and reporting is as detailed as requested, displayed graphically, pictorially, or historically. A lifetime warranty on Trainyard Tech application software accompanies all projects.
The company says the installation at Blue Island Yard is the 14th CLASSMASTER™ system to be installed since its creation in 2003.
