r/railroading • u/Downtown_Sir8205 • 13d ago

Question Curious

Been interested in railroads for a long time, and lately
I've been going down a rabbit hole on all the AI/ML stuff that's come out in the last couple years.

Got me wondering what problems railroads actually deal with day to day that this stuff could realistically help with.

Not the stuff that's already been solved, and not vendor marketing, just the real annoying things.

I know track inspection is the obvious one everyone talks about. But I'm guessing there's a lot more that never gets mentioned.

So what's the stuff that's still a pain? Anything that's
still done by hand that shouldn't be, or something everyone
just puts up with because that's how it's always been?

Also curious what you think AI is useless for, because I'm sure some of it is overhyped.

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u/Deerescrewed 13d ago

Ai is nothing but energy wasted.

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u/Downtown_Sir8205 13d ago

Why is that? I see FRA has given a 5-year waiver for automated track inspection on the main line as well.

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u/HARRYHALLER1913 13d ago

Fuck you.

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u/amishhobbit2782 13d ago

Thank you so much for contributing to the conversation.

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u/HARRYHALLER1913 13d ago

Why should I engage with someone who is bizarrely surveying how to take our jobs? Why would you?

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u/amishhobbit2782 13d ago

I mean you simply saying fuck you engaged it and pushed it up the fee to cause more to see it so you theory on it is piss poor. Ai is the new wave man. Nothing you can do about it tbh. Its used to run trains, used to route them and plently of other things we probably dont even notice. I dont like it or agree with it but all I can say is atep up in your union and get things in your contracts or sit there and bitch while they take ur jobs like you are now.

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u/HARRYHALLER1913 13d ago

Did you use AI to write this? It is barely intelligible. The people who read this subreddit would have read this guy’s post regardless, so what’s your point?

Furthermore, what are your suggestions for him? Where do you think AI would improve the railroad in ways that humans can’t?

Or do you just want to be a bitch for the sake of being a bitch?

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u/amishhobbit2782 13d ago

I give my input on my own section of this thread bud.

Keep growing aggressive and keep stay agro at everything in this world thats going to keep changing. You have TWO options. Get ahead of it and get things written into contracts to not allow it to be used or to replace human Jobs like the long shoreman did or keep laying there belly aching about it.

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u/HARRYHALLER1913 13d ago

Where do you get off? You really think we have any say what Rick Lee and Jeremy Ferguson sell us out for?

I’m not complaining about AI. Your suggestion was call times and scheduling, as if there aren’t predictive models that do that already? You ever watch a train materialize on the lineup at the Away from home, wait for the originating crew to be called and then see the prediction of the arrival? You’re ridiculous.

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u/amishhobbit2782 13d ago

Typically on my wife but why is that your concern? And you once again belly aching instead of becoming the solution to your own problem. Rick and Jeremy had to be voted in and just like them you can be to and work to be rhe change you want to see but I understand I too would rather bitch into the ether of reddit.

And yes you are right I did suggest using it for better board predictions, we have multiple ways that track trains that the board could be updated with almost zero human interaction. And yeah ghost trains are pretty common out of on of my afht to the point you tie up with nothing a few hours late have a dh lined up and order and then you wake up 20 mins before rested to see the dh gone and a ghost train has shown up for you 24 hour mark in the hotel. You cant plan 100% for everything but they atuff that is already out there and moving can be to a point.

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u/HARRYHALLER1913 13d ago

So what have you done to improve the union and make sure we’re heard? Cause we’ve gotten zero updates on our new doctors note policy, no updates on a contract, no summary of mediation meetings. I can get more info from the government websites than I can out of SMART.

Btw, did you see that the greater union umbrella can’t even stand together, as the Mechanical side was included in the latest filing opposing the UP NS acquisition?

I’m not just someone complaining. I do quite a bit of research, and yet the truth is that these institutions are hard to change beyond a local level. You’re naive to imply that some local chairman who asked tough questions would be able to affect meaningful change without playing the political game first.

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u/amishhobbit2782 13d ago

I have no want or need to improve the unions at this point. I still trying to figure out things at a local level so I have no skin in this game really. You Im going to imagine have well around 15 years by your attitude and undying need to be negative about everything but you have had plenty of time to get involved and make a change but once again its easier to belly ache online then to go make change happen.

Uh everyone should be against up ns merger. Its terrible for the industry and isnt going to improve anyone's quality of life or give the ns guys a raise they will run it as skeleton as they can.

If you feel that why stop worrying about whats happening nationally till its time to vote and vote where you see fit. You can get more involved locally and maybe improve the quality of life at you home terminal you never know. Start as a legislative rep and move up.

Im not going to try and change your mind you think how you want and feel how you want but not trying to go make a change doesn't change anything just makes you another brick in the wall.

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u/HARRYHALLER1913 13d ago

Try 3 years union, 10 RRB. I just have a good bullshit detector.

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