SD70Dude CN just started a new dedicated hotline to report problems with TO....
CN just started a new dedicated hotline to report problems with TO....
We used to have a radio call in to go direct to the help desk for EMS (Energy Management Systems) problems. First we had LEADER, then they added Trip Optimizer and then Smart Consist.
You explained the problem, they might be able to trouble shoot or they might not. They gave you a ticket # and you were supposed to report all this upon tie-up on a special computer portal.
Then PTC came along. The help desk now is for PTC problems. They don't really care about the EMS problems anymore, just report them upon tie-up.
It was said at one time they were collecting information on the EMS, especially the LEADER system so they could sue NYAB. It wasn't delivering the level of savings they were told it would. (Smart Consist I believe is completely gone now. I haven't seen an engine with it for a long time. It was the absolute worst of the EMS.)
Jeff
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BaltACD jeffhergert Managers rode the first one, I don't know about the second one. It was said one of the managers on that first trip said that Trip Optimizer was not to be used. Makes me wonder if they tried using it or LEADER on the second one. Jeff I am guessing - but I expect the LEADER or TRIP OPTIMIZER have yet to be programmed to handle such trains - YET.
jeffhergert Managers rode the first one, I don't know about the second one. It was said one of the managers on that first trip said that Trip Optimizer was not to be used. Makes me wonder if they tried using it or LEADER on the second one. Jeff
I am guessing - but I expect the LEADER or TRIP OPTIMIZER have yet to be programmed to handle such trains - YET.
We're using LEADER and Trip Optimizer on 15000 ft manifests. When the systems will initialize that is. It's integrated into PTC on many engines now.
I think they know how good these energy management systems really are at times.
jeffhergert 2nd train today. Only 269 cars, but in 2x3x1 mode like the first one. This one had an undesired emergency in a spot where break in twos are not uncommon for such large trains. Delay appears to have been only about 90 minutes, so may have just been an air hose. I'll find out tomorrow. I just missed getting called for it. I had a normal 142 car coal train and had a not so normal 180 car coal train ahead of me. Managers rode the first one, I don't know about the second one. It was said one of the managers on that first trip said that Trip Optimizer was not to be used. Makes me wonder if they tried using it or LEADER on the second one. Jeff
2nd train today. Only 269 cars, but in 2x3x1 mode like the first one. This one had an undesired emergency in a spot where break in twos are not uncommon for such large trains. Delay appears to have been only about 90 minutes, so may have just been an air hose. I'll find out tomorrow. I just missed getting called for it. I had a normal 142 car coal train and had a not so normal 180 car coal train ahead of me.
Managers rode the first one, I don't know about the second one. It was said one of the managers on that first trip said that Trip Optimizer was not to be used. Makes me wonder if they tried using it or LEADER on the second one.
Saw it pass through Wheaton about 10:40am.
jeffhergertManagers rode the first one, I don't know about the second one. It was said one of the managers on that first trip said that Trip Optimizer was not to be used. Makes me wonder if they tried using it or LEADER on the second one. Jeff
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OAK CREEK, Wis. — With Precision Scheduled Railroading in effect at Union Pacific, longer trains have become more frequent across its system. This loaded coal train is one such example. Loaded as two trains at North Antelope mine in Wyoming, Un...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/29-union-pacific-moves-monster-loaded-coal-train-with-two-distributed-power-sets
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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