Engineering Service
Our corporate Quality System has been certified by the  Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) M-1003 requirements.

Electronic Interactive Surveys
At Xorail, we provide our clients with the necessary information to make feasibility, design, and estimating decisions throughout the course of a project. We were the first to introduce a completely electronic interactive survey data package to the railroad industry. The Electronic Interactive Survey is a state-of-the-art compilation of all the project information for a geographical location, including project plans, forms, maps, sketches, correspondence, and pictures related to a project. The Electronic Interactive Survey allows remote secure access to the most up-to-date project information without concern of version control that is required with traditional print and distribution updates. Access to this information is authorized only by the Client.
Xorail can provide various types of railroad surveys, including Crossing Field Report Surveys, Crossing Existing Site Surveys, Crossing Proposed Site Surveys, Wayside Surveys, and As-Built Surveys. Xorail can also provide and develop survey and project information to fit each Client’s specifications. The Electronic Interactive Survey information is available through a secure, password protected web-site or on a CD-ROM/DVD.

Preliminary Engineering
Our engineering process begins with a consultation with our clients where we make recommendatons regarding the development and definition of project scope requirements. From the initial consultation the preliminary project schedule and budget can be developed for the Client in order to determine further staging, authorization, or Agency regulation that will be required.

Design
Xorail provides custom design solutions for the project requirements based on our customers’ needs and/or specific requests. Designs can encompass any magnitude of scope, from adding a single hand-throw switch with a controller to signaling a previously non-signaled subdivision or district with all new equipment. The design can also be complemented with detailed in-service testing documentation for the specific implementation of the design per customer requirements.

Application Software Design
Xorail provides a one-stop solution for all of your application software needs. We have the experience and expertise to provide programming for all North American signal manufacturers’ products. Our well-documented quality process, which includes computer simulation and/or rack-testing with the actual equipment, ensures our products meet the highest standards. We can support any part or all of your software development process through validation, verification, check, simulation, factory test, field test and in-service commissioning.

Software Simulation/Rack Testing/Field Support
The use of graphic computer simulation using the track layout and visual representation of all signal appliances enables our Test Engineers to thoroughly test any individual location or the entire section of the railroad. We can interface the software from one location to adjoining locations, regardless of equipment manufacturer or complexity. This capability allows us to test an entire project end to end just as it will be installed in the field or to recreate an incident at existing locations. In our test facility we have enough actual equipment to rack test most locations as they are arranged in the field. We can also test the actual equipment, before it is installed in the field, at our wiring shop in Jacksonville, FL. Our programming group consists of former railroad signal personnel, Professional Engineers, and programmers with decades of experience in all areas of railroad signaling.

Office Support
Our engineers and programmers can provide around-the-clock support for the testing and installation of our designs in the form of on-site or telephone support depending on the customer’s needs.

As-In-Service
Our dedicated As-In-Service (AIS) department ensures compliance with the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) requirement for legible and correct plans. As a result, modifications to original signal system designs necessary to facilitate construction are identified and then updated on the plans to reflect the changes.