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One front door
Employees should not need to know which underlying system contains the information or executes the transaction.
signalPathrail presents
signalPath
The digital operating system and professional home for railroad signaling.
One interface connecting people, qualifications, training, work, compliance, assets and the systems railroads already use.
One login. One career. One place for signaling.
signalPath
by signalPathrail
The problem
The systems exist. The operating environment doesn’t.
Signal employees and managers move between disconnected systems for hours of service, testing, qualifications, training, work orders, operating documents, scheduling, assets and configuration. Too often, the employee becomes the integration layer.
02
Integrate, don’t duplicate
Authoritative systems remain authoritative. signalPath connects them through a consistent workflow and interface.
03
Compliance in the workflow
Qualifications, HOS, availability, training and other controls can be evaluated before work is assigned.
The platform
Make the technology the integration layer.
signalPath is system-, repository- and vendor-agnostic. Each railroad keeps the specialized tools it needs while signalPath creates one employee and management experience above them.
HOS / Testing
Dispatch / CAD
Training
Documents
HR / Payroll
Engineering
↓
signalPath
Identity · Integration · Context · Workflow · Audit · Presentation
↓
Employee
Trouble Desk
Qualifications
Work
Compliance
Management
Workforce & Qualifications
Employee profile, competencies, authorizations, career progression and current qualification status.
Trouble Desk & Callouts
Match work to eligible employees using qualification, HOS, schedule, availability and territory.
Training & Career
Formal training, OJT, examinations, practicals, refreshers and advancement in one career view.
Testing & Work
Connect regulatory testing, defects, work orders and field work to employees, assets and compliance.
Assets & Configuration
Bring maintenance history, failures, signal plans and approved software/configuration into context.
Technical Knowledge
Surface current operating documents, plans, standards, manuals, troubleshooting and job aids.
Interactive concept
A connected Trouble Desk.
Fictional data demonstrates how signalPath can evaluate qualification, HOS and current availability before a callout or assignment.
signalPath · Trouble Desk
Required QualificationSignal Maintainer
PriorityImmediate
Employees Evaluated—
Eligible—
| Employee | Qualification | HOS | Availability | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select “Evaluate Employees” to run the callout screen. | ||||
Architecture
Built to connect, not to trap.
Customer integrations sit behind adapters so signalPath is not tied to one railroad, one vendor, one repository or one generation of technology.
Authoritative Systems
HOS · CAD · Training · Documents · HR · Assets · Engineering
↓
Integration Layer
Customer adapters · identity · normalization · audit · workflow
↓
signalPath Experience
Employee · Trouble Desk · Training · Work · Compliance · Management
Core principle:
signalPath does not replace systems of record. It makes them operate as one environment for the signal organization.
signalPathrail
Build a simpler signal organization.
Connect the systems railroads already use through signalPath.