Asset Health Strategic Initiative (AHSI) Progress Update ......Apr 10, 2017 · Profile detectors. Continue collaboration with the AskRail and Chicago Gateway project teams on sharing

Asset Health Strategic Initiative (AHSI) Progress Update

Jamie Williams (Norfolk Southern)

Midwest Area Rail Shippers July 2016 © 2016 RAILINC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

© 2016 Railinc Corp. All rights reserved.

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Today’s Agenda

▶ AHSI Overview

▶ AHSI Progress Highlights

▶ Detector Based Inspections

▶ Identifying Bad Actors through Repeated Line of Road Failure Events

▶ Component Serialization

▶ Q&A



Asset Health Strategic Initiative (AHSI) Description

Multi-year strategy driven by yearly industry targets and measures

Utilizes network view of asset information and industry coordination,

Applies information technology solutions and processes.

Detect Plan

Move Repair Settle

Prevent

SAFETY



Member Representing

Rex Beck UP, Chair

Pat Ameen Amsted

Derek Maier Amtrak

Ryan Miller BNSF

Darrell Iler CN

Rodney Campbell CP

Charlie King CSX

Tom Mordock GATX

Dan Bozung KCS

Jamie Williams NS, Vice-Chair

Mike Kelly TTX

Rick Koenig UTLX

Rick Grossman Wells Fargo Rail

Asset Health Strategy Committee (AHSC)

Committee Focus: ▶ Provides leadership to Asset

Health Working TAGs. ▶ Coordinate work of a number

of technical committees and champion prioritized initiatives that improve industry safety, reduce variability, streamline mechanical operations, and reduce or eliminate non-value added activities.

▶ Interface with FRA in

promoting regulatory change.



Reductions in mechanical-related service interruptions result in safer, faster, and more consistent service,

Automated inspection technology

Shift towards performance based equipment condition monitoring (versus the time based model that is the basis of many current regulations),

More timely and efficient identification of maintenance needs.

How is AHSI anticipated to benefit Car Owners?

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1. Targets and Metrics

Refine AHSI performance goals and measure results for prioritized metrics in each of the three AHSI target categories. Reduce Mechanical Service Interruptions

Improve Inspection Quality

Increase Yard & Shop Efficiency

2. Multi-year Projects

Build upon the established foundation and move forward on “detector based brake effectiveness”

“bad-actor identification.”

3. AHSI Roadmap

Continue to refine the AHSI roadmap to confirm or revise priorities for future year activities.

4. Targeted Opportunities

Continue to review and champion targeted asset health-related opportunities that bridge across other AAR technical committees and other groups.

AHSC Key 2016 Deliverables

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AHSI Scenarios Examples

Investments in AHSI are addressing a number of high value scenarios. 2016 work continues to increase benefits.

Bad Actor Identification

Electronic Inspection Reporting

Repeat Repair Analysis

AEI Data Quality

Detector Based Brake Effectiveness

Component Serialization

Equipment Failure Analysis (Derailment Prevention)

Recent Impact

Increase Yard & Shop Efficiency

Reduce Mechanical

Service Interruptions

Improve Inspection

Quality

AHSI Targets

Data summaries released for

UDE Air Hose Separation.

2015 impact: ~1,000 LORFs prevented

Slack adjusters added to component registry.

Repair and component data consolidated.

Broken wheel/kip level analysis completed.

Brake Health Data Summary in production.

AEI Data Summary in production.

3 railroads submitting Electronic Blue Cards in 2015.

Electronic Class I inspections available from 5 railroads.

• UDE-No Cause Found • UDE-Air Hose Separations

• AEI Quality Metrics • AEI Data Summary

• Wheelsets (2012) • Slack Adjusters (2015)

• Derailment Analysis • Component Failure Analysis

• Wheel Temperature (cold)

• Class I/IA Air Slip • Locomotive Blue Card

• Repeat Equipment Repair • Repeat Component Repair

Updated Apr 12, 2016



In 2016, AHSI is building upon the established foundation to accelerate value realization.

Refine and advance the Bad Actor Scorecard methodology and the Brake Health Indicator as the basis for future AAR rules to effect inspection and repair.

Enhance derailment prevention analysis methodology. Automate one Mechanical Defect report to improve completeness, quality, and timeliness of the defect data.

Advance pursuit of intermediate inspection waiver based on Cold Wheel Detector technology (Detector Based Brake Effectiveness).

Finalize Electronic Class I Air Slip capture and sharing process and capabilities.

Accelerate sharing of detector data via the Inspection Quality platform:

AEI Data Summary to full production,

Design and data sharing for Hot Box (bearing),

Initiate design and pilot for WILD and Wheel Profile detectors.

Continue collaboration with the AskRail and Chicago Gateway project teams on sharing of electronic consist data.

Extend the foundational AHSI capabilities to address Locomotive Scenarios.

Continue to investigate and advance longer term targeted opportunities (e.g., FRA Regulations).



Today’s Agenda

▶ AHSI Overview







The Inspection Quality platform processes wayside detector data to supplement asset health information



The Inspection Quality detector platform is incorporating new detector information into industry systems.

2013-2014 2015 2016 2017 2018+

Standard Data Format Detector Registration Reads Repository Cold Wheel Temperature Scenario

Bearing/Wheel Graph Tool Cold Wheel Data Summary

AEI Merging Analysis

AEI Data Summary – Full Production

Wheel Profile – Pilot WILD/THD Scenario – Pilot HBD Data Sharing – Pilot Hot Wheel Scenario

– Data Calculations ABD – Message format

Wheel Profile – Full Production HBD Sharing – Full Production WILD & THD – Full Production OGD – Pilot ABD – Pilot

Cold Wheel Scenario – Full Production Brake Health Indicator/Score Mileage Integration Air Brake Test Integration

AEI Bad Tag Scenario – Pilot Bad Tag Identification & Data Summary AEI Merging Capability Improvement

Hot Wheel Scenario Analysis

Hot Wheel – Full Production

Optical Geometry – Full Production

Acoustic Bearing – Full Production

Machine Vision, On Board, other detectors - Pilot



The Inspection Quality detector platform is using Wheel Temperature Detectors (WTD) to identify brake performance.

Graphical view of a braking train (with outlier wheels highlighted)

The TAG defined a method to statistically determine cold wheel outliers by evaluating train passing data

▶ Defined “braking train” using statistical calculations

▶ Set an initial predicted wheel “threshold” to determine outliers

Brake Systems Committee is reviewing



The Brake Health Data Summary is available in the Equipment Health Management System (EHMS)



Today’s Agenda

▶ AHSI Overview







Analyzing Line of Road Failures across the industry can help identify defect conditions on individual equipment.



Scenario: Bad Actor Identification

RR1 RR2 RR3 RR2 RR1 RR2 RR3 RR2 RR1

Trains experience multiple undesired emergency stops (UDEs) over time on different railroads.

Individual railroads (e.g., RR2 in the figure below) accumulate information over time to identify a specific car as a common cause.

Line of road failure data and consist details shared with Railinc. The consolidated view of failures enables identification of the common cause earlier, which is anticipated to avoid 5,000+ UDEs at maturity.

Line of Road Failure Data

Train ID

Event Date/Time

Event Duration

Root Cause

Consist Detail

Train ID

Equipment IDs

Related AHSI Initiatives: • Asset Information Repository • E-Train • Inspection Quality



Today’s Agenda

▶ AHSI Overview







Component Tracking enables more efficient recalls once defective equipment has been identified.

Wheelsets Sideframes Bolsters Couplers

Domes GPS Engines

Turbochargers

PTC

Traction Motors

Cushioning

Brake Systems

Emergency & Service

Brake Valve

2011 2012

Tank

Valves

Slack Adjusters



Update – Slack Adjusters

2015 issue identified with water freezing in the mechanism,

2015 replacement Group R adjusters (serialized),

Significant progress in the replacement program.



▶ Questions?



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APPENDIX Asset Health Strategic Initiative



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Wheelsets

Castings

Brake Valves

Component Registry Timelines

Association CRB Reject OEM Registration

Optional Registration & Association

Slack Adjusters

Current Date: July2016

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