System and method for railroad directive management

A system for governing directives related to a railroad, comprising:

• a memory having a first database with a plurality of data, thresholds, and specifications related to railroad tracks and at least one asset;
• and
• a computer processor operably coupled to the memory and capable of executing machine-readable instructions to perform program steps, the program steps including:
• receiving directive data and track data related to a track;
• identifying, via the processor, a plurality of track segments associated with the track data;
• associating the directive data with at least a first track segment of the plurality of track segments;
• determining a first event criterion related to at least the first track segment;
• identifying an asset disposed on the track;
• receiving asset data and positional data points related to the asset;
• calculating a path of the asset along the track using the positional data points;
• determining if the path or at least one of the positional data points traverses the first track segment;
• comparing the asset data to the first event criterion if the path or at least one of the positional data points traverses the first track segment;
• incrementing a first event count associated with the first track segment if the asset data satisfies the first event criterion;
• determining, using at least the first event count associated with the first track segment, a minimum first event count;
• generating a first alert if the minimum first event count satisfies a first event threshold.

A method of compensating for environmental conditions in managing directives related to a railroad, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, via an encrypted network, directive data and track data related to a track;
• identifying, via the processor, a plurality of track segments associated with the track data;
• associating the directive data with at least a first track segment of the plurality of track segments;
• identifying an asset disposed on the track;
• receiving asset data and positional data points related to the asset;
• receiving environmental data;
• determining a plurality of event criteria;
• calculating, via a processor, a path of the asset along the track using the positional data points;
• determining the path or at least one of the positional data points traverses the first track segment;
• determining, via the processor, the environmental data satisfies a first environmental threshold;
• determining the environmental data satisfies the first environmental threshold and comparing the asset data with a first event criterion of the plurality of event criteria;
• determining the asset data satisfies the first event criterion and incrementing a first event count associated with the first track segment;
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• determining the first event count associated with the first track segment satisfies a first event threshold and instantiating a first directive modification.