railroad switching software
Industrial Switching Operations
Move more cars.
Run smarter plans.
Manual switch planning is slow, and throughput is limited to the speed of a handwritten list. Safety compliance lives in the heads of your most experienced people. Revenue is captured days after work is completed—if it’s captured at all. ARMS delivers AI-optimized planning, automated safety compliance, digital work orders, and real-time revenue capture as soon as a switch is finished. Your operation scales on intelligence, not headcount.
Schedule a DemoWhat ARMS Delivers for Industrial Switching Operations
Built for the way you work.
Switching operations center
A dedicated platform for managing spot, turn, pull, release, and intra-plant switching activity—with full work order lifecycle management from assignment to completion.
Optiswitch™
AI-powered switching plan optimization that sequences and optimizes car movements, minimizing locomotive moves and maximizing efficiency across the yard or industrial facility.
Work order lifecycle
End-to-end work order management, including crew assignment, train consist tracking, car placement records, and completion verification.
Switch-to-invoice automation
Completed work orders flow directly into charge generation and invoice assignment—origin, intermediate, and delivery switching all billed automatically without manual reconciliation.
Crew & yard management
Crew scheduling, train assignment, and movement tracking—giving supervisors real-time visibility into what’s happening across the operation.
Cedar Mobile
Field crews receive real-time work orders and record switch completions from any iOS or Android device.
“What-if” simulations
Fork the yard and run scenarios before committing—from switching details to infrastructure planning decisions.
Safety rule compliance
Switching plans comply with FRA, AAR, and Class I position-in-train rules—including hazard buffers and rear-riders, built in automatically.
Customer portal
Shippers submit switch requests, track status, and view invoices through a self-service portal—reducing inbound calls and accelerating turnaround.
Modern rail technology
The ARMS advantage
See what’s coming before it arrives
Live inbound visibility from EDI feeds and carrier data means your team knows what’s heading to the facility and when. No scrambling, no surprises—crews and yard capacity are lined up ahead of time.
Smarter plans, automatically
Optiswitch generates AI-optimized switch plans in seconds—fewer locomotive moves, faster cycle times, and built-in FRA, AAR, and Class I safety compliance, including hazard buffers and rear-rider requirements. Better plans, delivered instantly, with safety you don’t have to think about.
Revenue that captures itself
Work order complete? Charge generated. Invoice assigned. No one in the back office had to touch it. Your team grows throughput without growing the billing department.
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Industrial Switching Operations
A demo configured for your operations.
- Live demo in ARMS
- Q&A with a Cedar AI rail expert
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