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Remote Control Operation Training

The TrainMaster Remote Control Operation Training Program is a complete hardware and software training system that gives the trainee a hands-on operators experience in a safe and productive classroom environment. It combines a complete virtual simulation of a yard and the associated equipment with a cost effective PC based Operator Control Unit (OCU), the RailDriver OCU™.

Training railroad personnel has traditionally been an apprentice-based system. While this tradition has served the railroads well for the past 150 years, today’s technology, economics and safety considerations require considerable supplemental training. Remote Control Operation (RCO) requires additional skills and training in an already full training schedule for the new conductor.  The TrainMaster RCO Training Program is designed to relieve that burden. Combining the power and flexibility of computer simulation with robust classroom hardware, allows us to quickly develop a training solution for your exact training requirements. Our system fully addresses RCO including equipment handing, yard familiarization, rules and safety training.

Today’s conductor has many responsibilities, from reading work orders, switch, and track lists, to deciding what cuts to take, and how many cars he can kick based on the current restrictions and requirements of the commodity. Add to this the actual operation of the locomotive through radio controlled OCU then add the current safety and hazardous material requirements, and we have a tremendous amount of learning for any newly hired employee. Our simulation training helps accelerate this critical learning.

Remote Control Operations requires extensive training. TrainMaster has developed effective classroom lessons for this specialized training. TrainMaster is the only simulator system that addresses the hardware, logistics and safety of the Remote Operator’s job. We have developed solutions that teach the set-up, use and safety of this equipment in the classroom and do not tie up equipment in the yard. This simulation system gives the trainee real “box” time under full supervision of an instructor without the cost or danger associated with on-the-job training.

Our enhanced computer graphics and animations show all important details including the movement and positions of the actual switch points as well as the targets.  Derails and blue flags are also included as part of this training system. The trainee must operate the virtual locomotive using their own RailDriver OCU™ and encounter various training situations, normal or abnormal.  Important simulation events, such as equipment speed, safety or rules violations, as well as other student behavior, are monitored and tied directly to pop-up windows with rules, warnings, hints, and commendations. The instantaneous feedback allows immediate attention to both safe and unsafe behavior, reinforcing the former and discouraging the latter.

Want to know more about how we can create a custom training program for your railroad? Contact us at Trainmaster for further information.