Matthew Husar, retired Superintendent of Metra’s Rock Island District, will lead development and marketing of The Route Learning System™. Husar, based in the Chicago area, has more than 35 years of railroad operating and management experience, having headed of Metra’s Consolidated Control Facility He is also a former National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Investigator.
The Route Learning System™ is a computer-based tool for teaching the physical characteristics of a railway line to train and engine crews and supporting operating management, and first responders and security personnel who need to be familiar with railroad property. It combines a fully annotated (voiceover and graphics) video from the train operator’s perspective, with a scrolling “you are here” track and physical characteristics chart. Each type of characteristic is displayed in a distinct color (track and distance, signals, civil structures and waterways, authorized speeds, electrification where used, etc.). It is designed for training center applications, command center operations, home-study, and in-cab display. It may be web-based, or used on a desktop, tablet, or other personal device.
The Route Learning System™ is complemented by a sister product, The Signal Learning System™, for teaching the basics of railway signaling to new-hire operating employees.
PTSI Transportation is headquartered in Rutherford N.J. Michael R. Weinman is Managing Director.