Rail
Efficiency by train, locomotive and driver, stops, train makeup and driving standards.
Rail Efficiency, Trip Analyzer and SimulatorEnergy efficiency and operational safety
Your diesel consumption changed. Now you know why.
BlueX Vision links every refuel to the trip that burned it, compares each train with itself and shows, in liters, how much of the change came from driving, the locomotive, operations or the train itself. Every finding comes with an owner and a suggested action.
29.4M Lof diesel saved in mining
−29%in liters per thousand GTK at a railway
86k tof CO₂ avoided
4 countriesBrazil, USA, Mozambique and South Africa
Results from projects the BlueX team worked on.
The problem
The monthly average hides where diesel is lost.
When consumption goes up, every department brings its own spreadsheet and nobody closes the numbers. BlueX Vision does: it shows where every liter went and what to do.
20–39%
of operating costs at large Brazilian railways go to diesel
~50%
of operating costs at medium and large mines are truck haulage
14%
of all diesel used in Brazil goes to agriculture
<1%
of the data generated by mining equipment is ever used
Sources: Monitor Mercantil (2023); Figueiredo, Arroyo Ortiz and Silva, Mining Science (2024); EPE (2024); McKinsey (2015).
Demo railwayanalysis completePorto to Planalto03/12/2026
Actual use6,840 L
Target trip6,300 L
Difference+540 L
Where the extra 540 liters came from
Driving
210 L
Locomotive
180 L
Operations
110 L
Train
40 L
Finding for maintenanceLoco 1211 burns 14% more than 1205 pulling the same train. Check the injectors.
The platform
Three products that speak the same language.
From refuel to decision, in four steps.
- 1
Connect
Reads refuels, train movements, the locomotive register and event recorders, from spreadsheets or databases.
- 2
Calculate
Links every liter to the trip that burned it: efficiency by train, locomotive, section, service and driver.
- 3
Compare
Puts each train against itself, on the same route, tonnage and consist, and separates different work from real efficiency.
- 4
Point out
Delivers the finding in writing, in liters and with an owner. E.g.: “Loco 1211 burns 14% more than 1205 on the same train. Check the injectors.”
Data the system reads:RefuelsTrain movementsLocomotive registerEvent recorderGPSSpreadsheets or databases
Why efficiency changed, in liters.
The official energy efficiency next to the comparable efficiency, with the change explained in liters and screens for every department.
- Operations, maintenance, stops and train makeup
- Zero-based budget and savings projects with measured gains
- Total CO₂ and per thousand GTK, traceable to the liter
- Auditable month-end close and executive report in PT, ES and EN
85k Lsaved by operations on a comparable basis, at the demo railway
What happened, and what could have happened.
Event recorder and GPS data compared with the target trip, section by section.
- Speed, stops and starts on the line diagram
- Fuel use per section against the target trip
- Locomotive health: which units burn more than their peers on the same job
- Difference explained by driving, locomotive, operations and train
540 Lof difference on one trip, explained one by one
Rehearse the trip before the train leaves.
Build the train, pick the section and the simulator works out, using the physics of the track, the best plan for acceleration, braking and stops.
- Virtual cab in manual, assisted or automatic mode
- Driver training without taking trains off the line
- Driving standards per section, tested before going to the field
- Calibrated against real trips
Coming soonin development, calibrated against real trips
Not another KPI dashboard. The explanation that was missing.
| The usual way | With BlueX |
|---|---|
| Fleet-wide average | Each train compared with itself, on an equivalent basis |
| A metric that moves without explanation | Change explained in liters: different work or real efficiency |
| Findings with no owner | Every liter with a cause and an owner: driving, locomotive, operations, train |
| Parallel spreadsheets in every department | One source of truth, auditable back to the source record |
| Targets set without a baseline | Zero-based budget and savings projects with measured gains |
| Generic software, adapted | Built by people who ran railway and mining operations |
Industries
Wherever there is diesel and heavy work, the same logic applies.
Mining
Liters per tonne moved, by operator, haul road and equipment condition.
Module in development
Agriculture
Planting, harvest, transfer and crop haulage: fuel per unit of work done.
Module being scoped
Ports
Fuel use and operational safety for equipment and operators.
BlueX consultingThe software shows. The BlueX team helps make it happen.
- Break down consumption By machine and by operator, always on an equivalent basis.
- Measure what is not measured Specifying and installing meters where the data does not exist yet.
- Make it routine Checking that operational tasks get done, with owners and deadlines.
- Train the people Operator training and knowledge transfer to the client team.
Proven experience
Results from projects the BlueX team worked on.
−11%
in liters per thousand GTK at a Brazilian railway
−29%
in liters per thousand GTK at another Brazilian railway
BrazilImplementation
United StatesTechnical visit
MozambiqueImplementation
South AfricaTechnical visit
Mining: 29.4 million fewer liters of diesel in four years
2018201920202021
Liters saved per year. Each liter saved avoids about 2.7 kg of CO₂, roughly 86,000 tonnes over the period.
Projects with participation of BlueX team members. Client names are kept confidential.
About us
Born inside the operation.
BlueX Solution is a Brazilian energy efficiency and operational safety company based in Vitória, Espírito Santo. The team comes from the yard, the cab, the workshop and the control center of heavy haul railways and mining, with published academic research on railway fuel consumption.
Mission
To provide smart decision-support solutions for high performance in fuel consumption and operational safety.
Vision
To be an international reference in fuel consumption management and operator behavior in mining and rail.
Values
Partnership, competence, development, respect for people and respect for the planet.
Eric CabralManaging partner
MSc in Civil Engineering from UFES, with a focus on transportation. Research on energy efficiency in railways and mining.
Rodrigo Pirola PestanaManaging partner
MSc in Civil Engineering from UFES, with a focus on transportation. Computer scientist, with research on energy efficiency in railways and mining.
Built to pass the strictest IT review.
- Two-factor authentication (MFA)
- Separate access profiles by department
- Runs on the client environment or in the cloud
- Staging approval before production
- Audit trail for every number
- Brazil LGPD compliance and a security dossier for IT
Getting started
Start with a 3 to 6-month pilot.
The baseline is agreed at the start and the gain is measured in liters. Tell us about your challenge and we will get back to you.
contato@bluexsolution.com
Av. Adalberto Simão Nader, 425, Ed. Milano, room 101, Mata da Praia, Vitória (ES), Brazil
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