Abstract: A method and system for determining rail defects. The method and system receive route performance measurements from a vehicle system traveling along a route and normalize the route performance measurements based on one or more characteristics of the vehicle system. The method and a system also determine a defect for a segment of the route based at least in part on the normalized route performance measurements with respect to a threshold bandwidth corresponding to the segment. The method and system also examine velocity differences in a vehicle speed of a vehicle and the angular speed of the axles and/or wheels of the vehicle system traveling along a route to determine if the route is damaged and/or to identify the location of the potentially damaged section of the route. The differences may represent wheel creeps of the vehicle system.

Abstract: A method and system for determining rail defects. The method and system receive route performance measurements from a vehicle system traveling along a route and normalize the route performance measurements based on one or more characteristics of the vehicle system. The method and a system also determine a defect for a segment of the route based at least in part on the normalized route performance measurements with respect to a threshold bandwidth corresponding to the segment. The method and system also examine velocity differences in a vehicle speed of a vehicle and the angular speed of the axles and/or wheels of the vehicle system traveling along a route to determine if the route is damaged and/or to identify the location of the potentially damaged section of the route. The differences may represent wheel creeps of the vehicle system.

Abstract: A method is presently disclosed that includes receiving asset information for a plurality of assets, and each asset has defined inspection requirements; determining a list of inspection tasks for each of the plurality of assets based on the inspection requirements; receiving workforce information for a plurality of members of a workforce who perform inspection tasks on the assets, wherein the workforce information further includes one or more workforce constraints; determining a schedule for the inspection tasks based on the asset information and the workforce information subject to the workforce constraints.

Abstract: A method includes calculating a labor shortfall for completion of a set of tasks within a designated time period. The labor shortfall represents a difference between a required workforce that is needed to complete the tasks and an amount of available workforce. The available workforce personnel are subject to workforce constraints on how long the workforce personnel can work. The method also includes visually presenting an indication of the labor shortfall and automatically generating communication signals for available workforce personnel and/or additional workforce personnel. The communication signals request additional work on the set of tasks by the at least one of the available workforce personnel or the additional workforce personnel in excess of the one or more workforce constraints.

Abstract: A method for assisting operators performing tasks on assets includes remotely monitoring locations of mobile electronic devices associated with performance of tasks on one or more assets by the operators, remotely monitoring progress of completion of the tasks, and, based on at least one of the locations that are monitored or the progress of completion of the tasks, at least one of: altering an order in which the tasks are to be completed to reduce at least one of a completion time or completion cost of the tasks, communicatively coupling the mobile electronic devices with one or more expert personnel to assist the operators in completing the tasks, or generating a visual presentation on at least one of the mobile electronic devices that illustrates at least one of progress or problems with completion of the tasks.