North America - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) today announced its membership in the RailPulse Coalition.
 
RailPulse, founded by a dynamic consortium of forward-thinking rail car owners, is working to develop, broaden, and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies on rail cars that increase safety, efficiency, and visibility across North America's freight rail industry.
 
CPKC becomes the third Class I railroad and 10th member of the coalition, joining Bunge North America, GATX, Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation, Railroad Development Corporation, The Greenbrier Companies, TrinityRail, Union Pacific Railroad, and Watco Companies LLC.
 
"We are pleased to be a part of RailPulse and to contribute to accelerating adoption of rail car telemetry in North America. This collaboration aligns with our commitment to innovation and will play an important role in modernizing our customer experience and provide benefits to the entire supply chain by advancing safety and improving operations," said John Brooks, CPKC Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
 
The key objectives of RailPulse include:
 
Industry Wide Telematics Infrastructure, the initiative facilitates collaboration among industry players by creating a secure, trusted, standardized, and vendor neutral rail car telematics infrastructure that spans the entire North American freight rail industry.
 
Data-Driven Transformation, by building an information infrastructure that harnesses data from GPS and rail car-mounted sensors and prioritizing data standardization and storage in the cloud, RailPulse focuses on delivering actionable insights enabling enhanced service levels, visibility, safety, sustainability, and productivity.
 
Enhanced Service through Visibility, through RailPulse, the integration of telematic sensors on rail cars enables the generation of valuable data, empowering shippers with real-time visibility of rail car and goods movements to make informed decisions and optimize their operations.
 
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