Compliance confidencefor short line railroads.

Rail-native FRA · TC · ARTF Audit-ready Mobile-first

Railnology gives compliance officers at short line and regional railroads one platform to manage crew certifications, monitor Hours of Service, build FRA-compliant training programs, verify portable professional identities, and answer any regulatory question — so the next audit never catches you unprepared.

Built for short line and regional railroads  ·  FRA compliant

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What is the definition of restricted speed per GCOR?

Restricted Speed means a speed that allows stopping within half the range of vision, not exceeding 20 MPH.

GCOR Rule 6.28
What Railnology does
📋 Certifications
⏱ HoS Monitoring
🌎 3 Jurisdictions
🧾 AI Compliance
👤 RailID
📱 Mobile App
CFR
49 CFR Compliant
GC
GCOR Referenced
NR
NORAC Standards
213
FRA Part 213
228
FRA Part 228
229
FRA Part 229

Regulatory Knowledge Base

Ask any FRA rule question — GCOR, Part 213, Part 228, Part 229. Get a cited answer within seconds, sourced directly from the regulations.

Enterprise Rule Book

Upload your operating rules and SOPs. Raillie answers from your railroad's own documents alongside the federal regulations.

HoS Compliance Monitoring

Clock in, clock out, track mandated rest. CFR Part 228 compliant activity log for every crew member, with automated alerts before violations occur.

RailCert — Certification Programs

Build FRA Part 240, 242, and 243 certification programs from scratch. AI-guided workflows, structured training modules, and submission-ready documentation — all in one place.

RailID — Portable Professional Identity

Every railroad worker carries a verified, portable credential record. Certifications, qualifications, and employment history travel with the employee — not the railroad.

What is restricted speed per GCOR?

Restricted Speed means stopping within half the range of vision, not exceeding 20 MPH.

GCOR Rule 6.28
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Stop scrambling when the FRA shows up.

Every compliance officer knows the feeling — an unannounced FRA inspection, documentation pulled from three different places, hoping nothing is missing or expired. Railnology keeps everything in one place, organised, and audit-ready before you need it.

  • Instant answers from GCOR, NORAC, and 49 CFR regulations
  • Every answer includes the exact regulatory citation
  • Every defect, deviation, and credential documented and searchable

Audit-ready evidence, automatically generated.

Every compliance query is logged with timestamp, user, and cited source. When the FRA arrives, you can demonstrate exactly what your people knew and when they knew it.

  • Full query and answer history per crew member
  • Exportable compliance activity log
  • HoS clock-in/out records with mandated rest verification
Compliance Activity Log
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Asked: restricted speed definition
09:14GCOR 6.28
RM
Asked: Part 228 rest minimums
09:31CFR §228.19
LC
Clocked in — duty period started
10:02HoS record
GCOR — General Code of Operating Rules
6.28 Restricted Speed — must be prepared to stop within half the range of vision.
6.29 Reduced Speed — must be able to stop within half the range...
6.30 Yard Speed — movement must not exceed 15 MPH...

Regulatory confidence

Answer "show me the rule" within seconds — with search and trails designed for how rail teams actually work.

  • AI-assisted rulebook search (Raillie)
  • Clear evidence for audits and reviews
  • Change awareness when rules and guidance shift

Build your FRA certification program — without starting from scratch.

RailCert guides you through building a fully compliant certification program under 49 CFR Parts 240 (Locomotive Engineers), 242 (Conductors), and 243 (Training Standards). AI-assisted workflows generate the required documentation, structure your training modules, and produce a submission-ready package for FRA review.

  • Parts 240, 242, and 243 program builders
  • Structured training module tracking per crew member
  • FRA submission-ready documentation output
  • Deviation and remediation tracking built in
RailCert — Part 240 Program Active
§240.101 — Initial qualification Complete
§240.111 — Training program Complete
§240.121 — Examination In progress
§240.129 — Simulator evaluation Pending
JW
J. Williams
Locomotive Engineer · FRA Certified
Verified
Part 240 Certification Current
Renewal due March 2027
Verified by Blue Ridge Railway
Identity strength

A professional identity that travels with the worker — not the railroad.

RailID gives every railroad worker a verified, portable credential record. Certifications, qualifications, and employment history are tied to the individual — so when a crew member moves to a new railroad, their record moves with them. No faxed documents, no manual verification calls.

  • Verified identity with three-tier strength scoring
  • Portable across railroads — worker-owned record
  • Certification and qualification history in one place
  • Consent-based sharing with hiring railroads
Multi-Jurisdiction

FRA. Transport Canada. ARTF.
One platform.

The only short line compliance platform with native support for US, Canadian, and Mexican railroad regulations — in the language of your crew.

US

FRA (United States)

Full 49 CFR coverage — Parts 213, 228, 229, 236, 238, 214, 217, 219, 243. GCOR and NORAC referenced. HoS: 12h max, 10h rest, 276h/week.

CA

Transport Canada

Canada Gazette regulatory monitoring. TC HoS rules: 12h max, 8h rest, 60h/7-day and 180h/27-day cumulative limits. French (fr-CA) interface supported.

MX

ARTF (Mexico)

Diario Oficial monitoring for ARTF circulars and NOM standards. ARTF HoS rules enforced. Full Spanish (es) interface support.

Every tool your compliance team needs

Built beyond basic HoS tracking — Railnology covers the full compliance lifecycle from daily crew operations to regulatory change management.

Compliance Calendar

Every upcoming obligation in one prioritised view — locomotive inspections, crew certification renewals, exam due dates, drug testing schedules, and expiring waivers. Color-coded by urgency with CSV export.

Crew Intelligence

Credential tracking, qualification status, and training compliance across your entire crew. See who is current, who is expiring, and who needs attention — all in one dashboard view.

RailReg — Regulatory Monitoring

Automated monitoring of FRA, Transport Canada, and ARTF publications. When a regulatory change is detected, it is flagged for review before being ingested. A structured weekly briefing is delivered to your inbox every Monday.

Compliance Intelligence Briefing

Every Monday, a plain-English AI-generated briefing summarises your railroad's compliance posture — overdue items, approaching deadlines, crew HoS issues, and expiring waivers. Exported as a PDF on your railroad's letterhead.

Trip Intelligence

Trip-level compliance tracking for every run — crew qualification verification, HoS status at departure, and post-trip documentation. Designed for how dispatchers and supervisors actually manage operations.

Safety Briefings

Generate, deliver, and track crew safety briefings from within the platform. Every briefing is logged with acknowledgment records — ready for FRA review on demand.

Drug & Alcohol Testing — Part 219

FRA Part 219 compliant drug and alcohol program management. Random pool administration, reasonable cause documentation, return-to-duty tracking, and DISA/WorkforceQA integration for third-party testing results.

RailCert — Certification Programs

Build and manage FRA Part 240, 242, and 243 certification programs. AI-guided program construction, per-course training module tracking, structured examination records, and FRA submission-ready documentation.

RailID — Portable Professional Identity

Verified, portable credential records for every railroad worker. Certifications and qualifications are tied to the individual — traveling with the employee across railroads. Consent-based sharing for hiring and verification workflows.

Never miss a deadline again.

Every compliance obligation — locomotive inspections, crew certifications, exam due dates, drug testing cycles — aggregated into one prioritised view with urgency colour-coding and CSV export.

  • Overdue, 7-day, 30-day, and scheduled urgency tiers
  • Timeline and monthly calendar views
  • CSV export for audit documentation
Compliance Calendar — June 2026 3 overdue
Locomotive 1842 — 92-day inspection Overdue
J. Williams — Rule exam renewal 5 days
Drug testing — Q2 random pool 12 days
R. Martinez — FRA certification 28 days
Crew Intelligence Dashboard
JW
J. Williams
Conductor
Current
RM
R. Martinez
Engineer
Current
LC
L. Chen
Conductor
Expiring
TR
T. Roberts
Engineer
Current

Know your crew's compliance status at a glance.

Credential tracking, qualification status, and training compliance across your entire crew — visible in one dashboard. No more spreadsheets, no more surprises during an FRA review.

  • Qualification and certification status per crew member
  • Expiry alerts before credentials lapse
  • Training compliance records ready for FRA review
Mobile Platform

Built for the field.
Not the office.

Railnology's mobile platform is a purpose-built crew interface — not a responsive version of the desktop app. Crew members clock in, ask Raillie compliance questions, review safety briefings, and check their certification status from any phone, anywhere on the line.

  • Raillie AI assistant optimised for phone use in the field
  • HoS clock-in/out, trip status, and compliance briefings
  • Certification status and RailID accessible on demand
  • Same backend and data as desktop — no sync required
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What's the rest requirement after 12 hours on duty?
Under 49 CFR §228.19, you must have at least 10 consecutive hours off before returning to duty.
CFR §228.19

Why Railnology

Operational software that respects how regulated rail actually runs

Built for short lines

Not generic enterprise software retrofitted for rail. Every feature designed for the specific compliance obligations, crew structures, and operational realities of short line railroads.

Works alongside what you have

No need to replace your existing dispatch system. Raillie adds compliance intelligence to the operations you already run.

FRA-grade citation quality

Every answer Raillie gives includes the exact regulatory source — GCOR rule number, CFR part and section, or your own document reference. Nothing is unsourced.

Frequently Asked Questions

Raillie searches your enabled knowledge bases — the global FRA regulatory library, your railroad's operating rules, or both simultaneously — and returns a cited answer sourced directly from the documents. It does not generate answers from general knowledge. If the answer is not in your knowledge base, Raillie says so rather than guessing.
The platform ships with 11 regulatory sources: GCOR, NORAC, and 49 CFR Parts 213, 228, 229, 236, 238, 214, 217, 219, and 243, plus FRA Advisory materials. Transport Canada and ARTF regulatory libraries are also included. The full library is available to every customer at no additional charge.
Each railroad operates under its own operating rules, special instructions, and general orders in addition to federal regulations. You upload those documents to your Enterprise Rule Book and Raillie answers crew questions from your own materials — with the same citation quality as the federal library.
The Compliance Calendar aggregates every upcoming compliance obligation into a single prioritised view — locomotive inspections, crew certification renewals, operating rule exam due dates, drug and alcohol testing schedules, and expiring FRA waivers. Items are colour-coded by urgency: overdue, due within 7 days, due within 30 days, and scheduled. Both a timeline view and a monthly calendar view are available, with CSV export for audit purposes.
Every Monday morning the platform generates a plain-English briefing for your compliance team that summarises your railroad's current posture across all modules — overdue items, approaching deadlines, crew HoS issues, and expiring waivers. The briefing is generated by AI but grounded entirely in your railroad's actual data. It exports as a professional PDF document on your railroad's letterhead.
Crew members clock in and out through the platform. Railnology tracks each duty period against the limits in 49 CFR Part 228, alerts supervisors when a crew member is approaching the maximum, and flags over-limit situations in real time. A complete exportable duty history is maintained for FRA audit purposes.
Yes. Each railroad's Enterprise Rule Book, crew records, and operating data are stored in an isolated knowledge base. No data is shared between railroad customers.
The regulatory library is available immediately — no setup required. A Platform Admin uses the built-in Onboard Customer wizard to create your organization, properties, and crew accounts in a single guided session. Most railroads are fully operational soon after starting onboarding.
RailReg monitors all active 49 CFR railroad parts via the eCFR and Federal Register APIs, plus Transport Canada and ARTF publications. When a change is detected it is flagged for human review before being re-ingested into the knowledge base. You are never running on stale regulations without knowing it.
RailCert is Railnology's certification program builder for FRA Parts 240 (Locomotive Engineers), 242 (Conductors), and 243 (Training Standards). It guides a short line railroad through building a fully compliant certification program from scratch — structured training modules, examination records, deviation tracking, and a complete submission-ready documentation package for FRA review. Railroads that already have programs use RailCert to digitise and maintain them going forward.
RailID is a portable professional identity layer for railroad workers. Every worker builds a verified credential record — certifications, qualifications, and employment history — that is tied to them as an individual rather than to a specific railroad. When a crew member moves to a new railroad, their verified record travels with them. Hiring railroads can request access through a consent-based sharing flow, eliminating manual verification calls and faxed documents.

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