UNLEASH THE POWER OF AI IN YOUR YARD

NitroYard

How many challenges originate in the yard?

Yards face numerous challenges on a daily basis, such as the non-accurate ETA of trains. Yards are also tasked with ensuring the delivery of the right train at the right time, which is essential to maintain the flow of operations for both the crew and the main line. This on-time and accurate delivery is key to achieving Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and the best rail results.

OVERVIEW

NitroYard is designed to plan and optimize yard movements – including train arrivals, scout locomotives, loading and unloading, and train formation – and can be integrated with other railroad systems.

Benefits include a reduction of 10% in dwell time, better accuracy and integration with the mainline, energy efficiency, and added value to customers. Additionally, when NitroYard is coupled with the Nitro Movement Planner (NitroMP), railroads can achieve up to a 14% average velocity increase and up to a 30% reduction in meeting and pass time.

Perceives what happens on the mainline and on its own tracks and surroundings
Communicates with customers and crew to align its goals
Reasons and creates plans to receive and build trains
Executes the plan

BENEFITS

Summoning crew in the right time
The right car in the right train at the right time
Better absorption of mainline variability
Balance of time x volume variability
ETD estimates and integration with Movement Planner

Optimized locomotive power cycle
Fewer movements
Fewer errors

Visibility
Just-in-time
Aggressive SLA

AUTOMATION IS A JOURNEY

NitroYard, as the brain of the intelligent yard, and together with other technologies such as other Nitro Suite solutions, Talos, PowerView and Uptime allow rail customers to take a building block approach to autonomy, adding on solution, one process, or one technology at a time and at a rate that makes sense for your operation.

APPLICATION EXAMPLE

Port of Santos Yard

65 Mton/year of grains and sugar (~32% of Brazil exports)

Complexities:

17 terminals to unload grains (customers), with limited capacity to hold full and empties
Few tracks can hold an entire train
Interference with city road traffic
Bottlenecks
Diversified traction availability (tractors, electrical Vollert, dedicated locos)