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 Local Signal Centers
• Freight Rail Operations VDOT Hampton Roads District Maintenance and Construction Residencies

Architecture Flows
to/from the Freight Rail Operations:

Freight Rail Operations Local Signal Centers

• railroad advisories


• railroad schedules

Freight Rail Operations VDOT Hampton Roads District Maintenance and Construction Residencies

• work plan feedback

Local Signal CentersFreight Rail Operations

• rail crossing advisories

VDOT Hampton Roads District Maintenance and Construction ResidenciesFreight Rail Operations

• maint and constr work plans

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:

• MC08 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination -- (Graphic)
• PS09 - Transportation Infrastructure Protection -- (Graphic)
• PS12 - Disaster Response and Recovery -- (Graphic)
• PS13 - Evacuation and Reentry Management -- (Graphic)
• TM08 - Traffic Incident Management System -- (Graphic)