AEI has been a very important advancement for railroads. They can now get an accurate picture of what equipment is in a train as it passes a reader site.
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by thebigc
LCJ wrote:It's called AEI, for automatic equipment identification. Here's a link that discusses the technology in its railroad application.
Sounds like the old ACI system has been reborn.
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by mmi16
thebigc wrote:
LCJ wrote:It's called AEI, for automatic equipment identification. Here's a link that discusses the technology in its railroad application.
Sounds like the old ACI system has been reborn.
Reborn with a much higher level of accuracy....especially since nearly all clerical jobs in yard and terminals have vanished over the years.....the only checking trains now get is when they pass the AEI scanners.
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mmi16 wrote:Reborn with a much higher level of accuracy....
Shippers and consignees (and equipment owners) can now get a close to real time location for their cars -- right down to last AEI scan that's in the system.