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“BC Rail has 1441 main track miles running north-south in British
Columbia. Much of the northern branchline grades are geotechnically
sensitive. They are subject to freeze / thaw subsidence due to poor
ground / surface water drainage and local collapse from inadequate
bearing capacity for 100 ton car loadings. Our Roadmasters have found
the SolidTrack devices to be an accurate and effective means of
monitoring seasonal changes in the track geometry and ensuring that
safety standards are met.”
Norman E. Hooper, P.Eng, Chief Engineer, BC Rail
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 Description
The system can be run at speeds up to
50mph and will
sample data every 1.0ft. SolidTrack is open ended and other track
features or instruments can be added.
- The hardware & computer are easily installed in a
Hi-Rail vehicle.
- Your companies rail geometry standards (priority &
urgent) & sub-division information are entered into
tables that are read into SolidTrack during startup.
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To begin SolidTrack is started and the track
inspector enters a few details such as sub-division,
direction of travel, type of terrain, file name for data
storage, etc.
- The track inspector begins the inspection &
SolidTrack starts to analyze & store the data as
well as displays
the data in real time.
- Any "out-of-specification" track is immediately
reported to the track inspector along with a recommended
course of action (as defined by your companies rail
geometry standards tables).
- Raw data, defects, and curves are automatically
logged along with current track position, date and time.
- At the end of the inspection, a number of reports
are generated and can be printed, such as Urgent defect
report, Curve report, Priority Defect report. All data
is stored to a computer file.
- The data can be replayed at a later time with a
computer that has a SolidTrack log file reader called
GeoPrint which is provided by Andian Technologies LTD.
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