Methods and Systems for Automatic Track Inspection and Evaluation

A system comprising:

• one or more sensors retrofitted onto a freight railway vehicle;
• and
• a computing device configured to:
• receive sensor data related to track conditions of the railway track from the one or more sensors as the freight railway vehicle travels on the railway track, wherein the freight railway vehicle comprises an electric motor configured to rotate at least one axle of the freight railway vehicle and a battery system configured to power the electric motor, the computing device, and the one or more sensors;
• detect, by the computing device, using the sensor data, one or more track issues associated with the railway track;
• and
• transmit information conveying the one or more track issues associated with the railway track to a remote computing system, wherein the remote computing system is configured to aggregate information from a plurality of computing devices, and wherein each computing device from the plurality of computing devices is coupled on a given railway vehicle.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions, that when executed by a computing system comprising one or more processors, causes the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving sensor data related to track conditions of a railway track from one or more sensors retrofitted onto a freight railway vehicle as the freight railway vehicle travels on the railway track, wherein the freight railway vehicle comprises an electric motor configured to rotate at least one axle of the freight railway vehicle and a battery system configured to power the electric motor, the computing system. and the one or more sensors;
• detecting, by the computing system, using the sensor data, one or more track issues associated with the railway track;
• and
• transmitting information conveying the one or more track issues associated with the railway track to a remote computing system, wherein the remote computing system is configured to aggregate information from a plurality of computing devices, and wherein each computing device from the plurality of computing devices is coupled on a given railway vehicle.