Beyond the locomotive
Services that keep your fleet running smarter and longer. Four programs, one page.
LocoPulse Remote access & monitoring
LocoPulse gives you and our engineers live remote access to your locomotive fleet — no site visit required to see how a machine is actually running.
We monitor performance data continuously and can step in remotely: diagnose a fault before it becomes downtime, advise your crew on what to check or do next, and — where the system allows it — adjust operating parameters remotely to match how you're actually using the machine that week.
- Live remote diagnostics, without waiting for a technician on site
- Proactive alerts before a small issue becomes a breakdown
- Remote parameter tuning to match load, route, or duty cycle changes
- Direct line to Locoproject engineers reading the same data you are
LocoCycle Battery second-life & storage
For customers running battery locomotives, LocoCycle is our answer to what happens when a battery module is no longer strong enough for traction duty. Instead of scrapping it, we offer to take those modules back and repurpose them as part of a stationary battery storage system we supply.
A module that can no longer deliver the power curve a locomotive needs can still store and release energy reliably at a lower, steadier rate — which is exactly what site-level storage needs. That second-life storage unit can then be used for:
- Peak shaving at the depot — cutting demand charges by covering short high-load spikes (e.g. charging several locomotives at once)
- Backup power for critical systems during a grid outage — ventilation fans, pumps, control rooms, lighting
- A charging buffer for locomotives or other electric equipment on sites with a limited grid connection
- Pairing with on-site solar or other renewables at remote mines, storing surplus generation for use after hours
It keeps material in use longer, cuts your battery disposal burden, and gives you a storage asset you'd otherwise have to buy separately.
LocoDrive Remote & autonomous operation
LocoDrive covers partial or full automation of locomotive operation — from remote-controlled driving for a single operator managing a machine from a safe distance, up to fully autonomous, pre-programmed runs on fixed routes.
Partial automation keeps a person in the loop for judgment calls while removing them from the cab — useful in tunnel sections, confined spaces, or repetitive shunting moves. Full autonomous operation targets fixed, well-characterized routes, such as a repeating ore haul cycle, where the run pattern doesn't change day to day.
- Remote operation from a control point outside the tunnel or pit
- Autonomous route execution for repetitive, fixed-cycle hauls
- Configurable per site — start with remote control, move to autonomous later
- Built on the same telemetry backbone as LocoPulse
LocoTwin Digital twin & capacity calculator
LocoTwin is a free calculation tool: tell it about your operation and it works out roughly what size locomotive you'd need — then shows you how that compares to the number and size of trucks it would take to move the same amount of material.
It's built for the early conversation, before a full technical proposal — a fast, physics-based way to see whether rail haulage makes sense for your route before we get into detailed engineering.
Have a project that doesn't fit a standard spec sheet? That's most of what we do.
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