OCR operations on intermodal trains now play a significant role in the world supply system. A number of shipping companies and their partners have begun to use intermodal transport options in an effort to lower consumer prices and the environmental impact of cargo traffic by utilizing tracking technology solutions developed by numerous European and North American railroads and freight operators.

Suraj Informatics Rail OCR Portal helps handle this current spike by utilizing tried-and-true automated ways to boost production while cutting operating expenses. The Train OCR Portal is the next stage in dramatically improving the tracking and identification of containerized goods being moved by train.

How Does IT Function?

Operators can now process each train passage thanks to the development of railway OCR software. Using saved images, operational and input concerns can be resolved. A fully integrated system that creates a speedy, accurate, and secure rail handling system is created by the Train OCR program, which validates all the data before giving it to the system.

At the outgoing rail terminal, a list of all loaded trains and their cargo is accessible in advance. This list is compared to the data captured by the rail portal’s cameras in order to connect a specific train number to a specific channel there and determine the exact location of each container on a distinguishing railcar.

This locates, monitors, and stores the image and equipment number data of a passing train using trackside AEI scanners, high-resolution CCTV cameras, and other Train OCR software. All of this information is used to generate a fully automated container-to-railcar association, eliminating the need for manual train inventories or Track Standing Orders (TSO). In order to facilitate the arrival and departure of equipment condition and damage checks, Rail OCR Software may also take images of the equipment damage inspection process.