Abstract: A railway inspection system for monitoring defects of a rail, including an inspection vehicle configured for traversing the rail, a sensor disposed on the vehicle configured for obtaining rail condition data, a memory disposed on the vehicle and storing previous rail condition data from a previous traversal of the rail, a display device disposed on the vehicle, a processor disposed on the vehicle and a non-transitory computer-readable medium disposed on the vehicle and containing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause performance of the following steps in real-time as the vehicle traverses the rail, namely obtaining current rail condition data from the sensor, displaying on the display device representative images of the current rail condition data, retrieving the previous rail condition data from the memory, and displaying on the display device representative images of the previous rail condition data.

Abstract: A rail condition monitoring carriage for use on a railroad track is provided, including at least one frame movable along the railroad track, an ultrasonic rail condition monitor disposed on the at least one frame and configured for ultrasonically monitoring condition of the railroad track and transmitting the condition data to a remote location, a gage measurement device disposed on the at least one frame for monitoring a gage value of the track, collecting gage data and transmitting the gage data to the remote location, and a control system connected to the rail condition monitor and the gage measurement device for receiving the collected data and evaluating same.

Abstract: A rail condition monitoring carriage for use on a railroad track is provided, including at least one frame movable along the railroad track, an ultrasonic rail condition monitor disposed on the at least one frame and configured for ultrasonically monitoring condition of the railroad track and transmitting the condition data to a remote location, a gage measurement device disposed on the at least one frame for monitoring a gage value of the track, collecting gage data and transmitting the gage data to the remote location, and a control system connected to the rail condition monitor and the gage measurement device for receiving the collected data and evaluating same.

Abstract: A railway inspection system for monitoring defects of a rail, including an inspection vehicle configured for traversing the rail, a sensor disposed on the vehicle configured for obtaining rail condition data, a memory disposed on the vehicle and storing previous rail condition data from a previous traversal of the rail, a display device disposed on the vehicle, a processor disposed on the vehicle and a non-transitory computer-readable medium disposed on the vehicle and containing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause performance of the following steps in real-time as the vehicle traverses the rail, namely obtaining current rail condition data from the sensor, displaying on the display device representative images of the current rail condition data, retrieving the previous rail condition data from the memory, and displaying on the display device representative images of the previous rail condition data.