BNSF RAILWAY CO. IS STRIVING to incorporate a number of emerging technologies throughout the railroad to boost productivity, increase efficiencies and cut costs. Among them: tablets for field workers. The handheld devices help speed up tasks and enhance information accuracy. As of 2017's end, about 5,000 of the Class I's 20,000 train and engine-service workers had begun using iPads. In 2018, the company will issue those devices to the remainder as well as provide tablets to thousands of mechanical employees, says Jo-ann Olsovsky, BNSF's chief information officer and vice president of technology services.
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