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35: 248:- The Umler system is the rail industry's official source for rail equipment information, including freight cars of all varieties, locomotives and end of train devices. This system replaced the legacy U.M.L.E.R. database, an acronym for Universal Machine Language Equipment Register. The name was changed in 2009 with the launch of the new Umler system in favor of the lower case spelling and trademarked name. 277:- The Damaged and Defective Car Tracking (DDCT) system is used to identify and track damaged and defective rail cars to ensure their proper handling on the railways. This system, launched in 2011, replaced paper defect cards. Paper defect cards were used to aid in maintaining a record of the identified defects on each car, where the defects originated, and to determine the responsibility for each defect. 311:- Railinc also maintains the North American railroad industry's official code tables, also known as industry reference files (IRFs), which includes the active reporting marks for the rail industry. Those codes define car marks, commodities, locations and other rail information used in all intra- and inter-industry communication to assure railroad data is consistent between railroads. 258:
providers. The data is used for fleet management and to track and trace the movement of freight and freight cars throughout North America to ensure goods are delivered on-time or to track the progress of their movement. The RailSight engine delivers more than 7.5 million rail events each day from
238:(SaaS) to the freight rail industry. Because many of the company's IT systems are required by formal railroad operating rules, the company’s applications and services can be found embedded in critical operations and financial systems throughout the industry. 188:(AAR), and later spun off as a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the AAR in 1998. The nine-member corporate board of directors consists entirely of members of the railroad industry, including all of the 289:- Interline Settlement System (ISS) settles funds monthly between railroads to share revenue generated for car movement when two or more railroads are involved in the shipment route. 390: 587: 254:- Railsight provides tracking and tracing data, known as car location messages (CLMs). The messages provide car locations to rail equipment owners, shippers, and 360: 577: 597: 582: 592: 485: 602: 283:- The Equipment Health Management System (EHMS) monitors equipment to identify possible mechanical problems in cars and various car components. 168:(pronounced "rail-link") provides rail data and messaging services to the North American freight railway industry. Railinc is a for-profit 317:- The company also operates Steelroads, a legacy application which allows shippers to trace the movement of their rail freight shipments. 222:
Railinc employs nearly 300 full-time and contractor employees, approximately ten percent of whom are certified project managers.
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Umler System, DDCT System, Embargoes System, RailSight Track & Trace, Interline Settlement System, EHMS, Car Hire
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Railinc was established as an information technology department within the
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Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
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railroads and shops across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
199:. Railinc's headquarters was relocated from joint operations in 301:- Railinc Message Service (RMS) delivers messages over its 505: 157: 562: 330:information sharing and analysis center (ST-ISAC). 588:Privately held companies based in North Carolina 569: 490:, Taylor & Francis Group; CRC Press, 2006. 578:Software companies based in North Carolina 207:, in 1999. Locations also considered were 321: 225: 192:railroads in North America and the AAR. 598:Software companies of the United States 583:Companies based in Cary, North Carolina 14: 593:Software companies established in 1999 570: 179: 603:1999 establishments in North Carolina 230:Railinc processes and delivers rail 378:"Board of Directors | Railinc" 195:Railinc headquarters is located in 24: 281:Equipment Health Management System 275:Damaged and Defective Car Tracking 25: 614: 563:Association of American Railroads 497: 186:Association of American Railroads 174:Association of American Railroads 148:Association of American Railroads 33: 478: 464: 450: 435: 423: 411: 396: 384: 370: 351: 340: 241:Key Railinc services include: 13: 1: 333: 328:Surface Transportation Board 7: 326:The company is part of the 303:electronic data interchange 287:Interline Settlement System 62:; 26 years ago 10: 619: 558:Railinc 2011 Annual Report 553:Railinc 2012 Annual Report 548:Railinc 2013 Annual Report 543:Railinc 2014 Annual Report 538:Railinc 2015 Annual Report 533:Railinc 2016 Annual Report 528:Railinc 2017 Annual Report 523:Railinc 2018 Annual Report 518:Railinc 2019 Annual Report 432:, accessed August 24, 2009 444:Triangle Business Journal 418:Triangle Business Journal 153: 141: 131: 123: 104: 92: 74: 56: 41: 32: 513:Railinc LinkedIn Profile 309:Industry Reference Files 458:Progressive Railroading 405:Progressive Railroading 358:The News & Observer 299:Railinc Message Service 158:http://www.railinc.com 484:Radvanovsky, Robert, 367:, September 15, 2012. 347:AAR Corporate Website 322:Corporate memberships 256:third-party logistics 236:software as a service 226:Products and services 46:Software as a service 234:(DaaS) and provides 197:Cary, North Carolina 80:Cary, North Carolina 475:, January 25, 2011. 393:, February 6, 2009. 293:Forward & Store 180:Corporate structure 166:Railinc Corporation 133:Number of employees 29: 28:Railinc Corporation 363:2012-09-19 at the 27: 461:, April 21, 2005. 391:Carolina Newswire 232:data as a service 201:Chicago, Illinois 163: 162: 119: 51:data as a service 16:(Redirected from 610: 509: 508: 506:Official website 491: 482: 476: 468: 462: 454: 448: 447:, July 24, 2009. 441:Baysden, Chris, 439: 433: 427: 421: 420:, July 27, 2009. 415: 409: 408:, July 10, 2009. 400: 394: 388: 382: 381: 374: 368: 355: 349: 344: 209:Denver, Colorado 205:Washington, D.C. 111: 70: 68: 63: 37: 30: 26: 21: 618: 617: 613: 612: 611: 609: 608: 607: 568: 567: 504: 503: 500: 495: 494: 483: 479: 469: 465: 455: 451: 440: 436: 428: 424: 416: 412: 401: 397: 389: 385: 376: 375: 371: 365:Wayback Machine 356: 352: 345: 341: 336: 324: 228: 182: 137:265 (2012) 134: 110:E. Allen West, 107: 95: 88: 82: 66: 64: 61: 48: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 616: 606: 605: 600: 595: 590: 585: 580: 566: 565: 560: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 530: 525: 520: 515: 510: 499: 498:External links 496: 493: 492: 477: 463: 449: 434: 422: 410: 395: 383: 369: 350: 338: 337: 335: 332: 323: 320: 319: 318: 312: 306: 296: 290: 284: 278: 272: 259:more than 530 249: 227: 224: 213:Tampa, Florida 181: 178: 161: 160: 155: 151: 150: 145: 139: 138: 135: 132: 129: 128: 125: 121: 120: 108: 105: 102: 101: 96: 93: 90: 89: 84: 78: 76: 72: 71: 58: 54: 53: 43: 39: 38: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 615: 604: 601: 599: 596: 594: 591: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 575: 573: 564: 561: 559: 556: 554: 551: 549: 546: 544: 541: 539: 536: 534: 531: 529: 526: 524: 521: 519: 516: 514: 511: 507: 502: 501: 489: 488: 481: 474: 473: 467: 460: 459: 453: 446: 445: 438: 431: 426: 419: 414: 407: 406: 402:Stagl, Jeff. 399: 392: 387: 379: 373: 366: 362: 359: 354: 348: 343: 339: 331: 329: 316: 313: 310: 307: 304: 300: 297: 294: 291: 288: 285: 282: 279: 276: 273: 270: 266: 262: 257: 253: 250: 247: 244: 243: 242: 239: 237: 233: 223: 220: 218: 217:Austin, Texas 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 193: 191: 187: 177: 175: 171: 167: 159: 156: 152: 149: 146: 144: 140: 136: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 109: 103: 100: 99:North America 97: 91: 87: 86:United States 81: 77: 73: 59: 55: 52: 47: 44: 40: 36: 31: 19: 486: 480: 471: 466: 457: 452: 443: 437: 425: 413: 404: 398: 386: 372: 353: 342: 325: 240: 229: 221: 194: 183: 165: 164: 75:Headquarters 472:Railway Age 430:IRS Website 94:Area served 572:Categories 334:References 315:Steelroads 170:subsidiary 106:Key people 269:Class III 252:RailSight 113:President 361:Archived 265:Class II 124:Products 42:Industry 261:Class I 190:Class I 172:of the 154:Website 65: ( 57:Founded 18:Railinc 215:, and 143:Parent 246:Umler 49:Rail 267:and 219:. 203:and 115:and 67:1998 60:1998 117:CEO 574:: 263:, 211:, 176:. 83:, 380:. 69:) 20:)

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Railinc
Railinc Corp. Logo
Software as a service
data as a service
Cary, North Carolina
United States
North America
President
CEO
Parent
Association of American Railroads
http://www.railinc.com
subsidiary
Association of American Railroads
Association of American Railroads
Class I
Cary, North Carolina
Chicago, Illinois
Washington, D.C.
Denver, Colorado
Tampa, Florida
Austin, Texas
data as a service
software as a service
Umler
RailSight
third-party logistics
Class I
Class II
Class III

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