Freight Rail Operations

Status: Existing

Description: This element represents rail agencies that are primarily responsible for freight movement (e.g., CSX and Norfolk Southern).

Stakeholder: Freight Rail Operators

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Freight Rail Operations:

• Freight Rail Operations VDOT Statewide ATMS
• Freight Rail Operations VSP Center
• Freight Rail Operations VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

Architecture Flows
to/from the Freight Rail Operations:

Freight Rail Operations VDOT Statewide ATMS

• incident information


• rail system status assessment

Freight Rail Operations VSP Center

• emergency plan coordination


• incident information

Freight Rail Operations VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• emergency plan coordination


• incident information

VDOT Statewide ATMSFreight Rail Operations

• incident response status

VSP CenterFreight Rail Operations

• emergency plan coordination

VSP Mobile Unified Command CenterFreight Rail Operations

• emergency plan coordination


• incident information

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the Freight Rail Operations:

• Multimodal Crossing Equipment Terminator
• Rail Operations Center Terminator

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with Freight Rail Operations:

• PS12 - Disaster Response and Recovery -- (Graphic)
• TM08 - Traffic Incident Management System -- (Graphic)