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| Autonomous container railcars tested in Georgia and Oz |
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Date:2025-07-09 Readers:
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IT start up Parallel Systems and short line railway operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) see huge potential for autonomous container railcars, reports Wisconsin's Trains Magazine.
The self-propelled, battery-electric equipment is undergoing testing in Georgia as well as in Australia.
Parallel Systems' autonomous flatcar is undergoing testing on G&W short line Heart of Georgia Railroad. Parallel Systems is only in the early testing of its self-propelled, autonomous flatcars.
Parallel Systems CEO Matt Soule says he's likely to have a problem on his hands.
"Parallel is going to have a manufacturing backlog problem," the Parallel Systems founder predicted on a webcast. "That's a good problem for us to have," says the former Space X engineer.
The battery-electric railcars are undergoing a seven-phase trial on the Georgia railway that will extend to the Georgia Central Railway.
The pilot, Mr Soule says, will validate that the technology works and is commercially viable - two things the start-up company will need to gain regulatory approval and to attract customers.
The Federal Railroad Administration has been a good partner, he says, and is looking at what safety rules might have to be drawn up to apply to autonomous rail vehicles. The FRA approved Parallel's test program on G&W and is monitoring its progress.
The final phase of testing will show that Parallel's system can successfully deliver containers from the Port of Savannah to an inland intermodal terminal in Cordele, Georgia. The terminal has been dormant since 2017, when traditional short-haul intermodal service was dropped.
https://www.shippingazette.com/news?news_id=9250700000376
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