RobotRisk Autonomous Systems Incident & Risk Register
RobotRisk / rail supplier
Category

Rail Supplier

128 companies tracked, 12 with documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks category median where nonzero.

Analyst brief

The category's sole entity, Loram, is represented by one severity-2 event: a rail grinder train igniting and then extinguishing fires along its route. The dominant failure mode on record is an operational equipment fire during rail maintenance work rather than a recall or design defect. With only one entity and one event, the data shows full concentration in a single company and a single incident type. The record is press-driven, based on reporting of the operational event rather than a regulatory action.

Entries by year and severity

122015 S4: 11152017 S2: 12017 S4: 12172020 S5: 11202021 S3: 12021 S5: 12212023 S2: 11232024 S4: 11242025 S1: 11252026 S2: 12026 S3: 1226
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By incident type

By severity

Highest-index companies

Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Category percentileBandIncidents
CPKC
21.8
99% Elevated 1
Nordco (Wabtec)
21.8
99% Elevated 1
Siemens Mobility
19.5
98% Elevated 1
Progress Rail (Caterpillar)
16.1
98% Elevated 1
Sperry Rail Service
15.9
97% Elevated 2
Alstom
10.5
96% Low 1
Hitachi Rail
9.8
95% Low 1
Amsted Rail
8.3
94% Low 1
Frauscher Sensor Technology
7.0
94% Low 1
Loram
6.3
93% Low 1
Alstom Signaling Inc.
3.3
92% Low 1
Thales (Ground Transportation)
2.7
91% Low 1
Amsted (Amsted Digital)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Apex Rail Automation (ex-Vossloh Signaling USA)
0.0
0% None documented 0
AZur Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Beena Vision (Wabtec)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Bentley Systems (rail)
0.0
0% None documented 0
CDL Electric
0.0
0% None documented 0
Cedar AI
0.0
0% None documented 0
Control Chief Corporation
0.0
0% None documented 0
ENSCO Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
Harsco Rail (Enviri)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Herzog Services
0.0
0% None documented 0
Holland L.P.
0.0
0% None documented 0
Hoopo
0.0
0% None documented 0
Hum Industrial Technology
0.0
0% None documented 0
Intermodal Telematics (IMT)
0.0
0% None documented 0
KLD Labs (ENSCO)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Knorr-Bremse
0.0
0% None documented 0
Linsinger Maschinenbau
0.0
0% None documented 0
Miner Enterprises
0.0
0% None documented 0
Nexxiot
0.0
0% None documented 0
One Big Circle
0.0
0% None documented 0
Plasser American
0.0
0% None documented 0
Rail Vision
0.0
0% None documented 0
RailPulse LLC
0.0
0% None documented 0
RailState
0.0
0% None documented 0
Salco Products (A. Stucki brand)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Stadler Rail (US signaling)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Tetra Tech (RailAI)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Trimble Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
Wabtec
0.0
0% None documented 0
Wi-Tronix
0.0
0% None documented 0
ZTR
0.0
0% None documented 0
Mermec
0.0
0% None documented 0
CAF Signalling
0.0
0% None documented 0
Indra
0.0
0% None documented 0
Signalling Solutions Ltd
0.0
0% None documented 0
Park Signalling
0.0
0% None documented 0
Metrom Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
Nippon Signal
0.0
0% None documented 0
Kyosan Electric Manufacturing
0.0
0% None documented 0
LS Electric
0.0
0% None documented 0
China Railway Signal & Communication (CRSC)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Casco Signal
0.0
0% None documented 0
Traffic Control Technology (TCT)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Hollysys
0.0
0% None documented 0
China Railway Construction Heavy Industry (CRCHI)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Kernex Microsystems
0.0
0% None documented 0
Medha Servo Drives
0.0
0% None documented 0
HBL Power Systems
0.0
0% None documented 0
Quadrant Future Tek
0.0
0% None documented 0
RailTel Corporation of India
0.0
0% None documented 0
Metrol Technology
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
Konux
0.0
0% None documented 0
Railnova
0.0
0% None documented 0
Savvy Telematic Systems
0.0
0% None documented 0
Icomera
0.0
0% None documented 0
Strukton Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
Fugro
0.0
0% None documented 0
Resonate Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Tracsis
0.0
0% None documented 0
Telent
0.0
0% None documented 0
Unipart Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
Fotech Solutions
0.0
0% None documented 0
OptaSense
0.0
0% None documented 0
Omnicom Engineering
0.0
0% None documented 0
Zonegreen
0.0
0% None documented 0
Speno International
0.0
0% None documented 0
Schweerbau
0.0
0% None documented 0
Matisa
0.0
0% None documented 0
Geismar
0.0
0% None documented 0
Robel
0.0
0% None documented 0
Windhoff
0.0
0% None documented 0
Plasser & Theurer
0.0
0% None documented 0
Vossloh
0.0
0% None documented 0
Scheidt & Bachmann
0.0
0% None documented 0
Pintsch Bamag
0.0
0% None documented 0
voestalpine Railway Systems (VAE)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Kontron Transportation
0.0
0% None documented 0
Selectron Systems
0.0
0% None documented 0
Frequentis
0.0
0% None documented 0
Duos Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
L.B. Foster
0.0
0% None documented 0
Railpod
0.0
0% None documented 0
Pavemetrics
0.0
0% None documented 0
AZD Praha
0.0
0% None documented 0
Cattron Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
RailComm
0.0
0% None documented 0
Railinc
0.0
0% None documented 0
Meteorcomm
0.0
0% None documented 0
ORBCOMM
0.0
0% None documented 0
Global Traffic Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
Precision Solar Controls
0.0
0% None documented 0
Western-Cullen-Hayes
0.0
0% None documented 0
International Electronic Machines Corp
0.0
0% None documented 0
RailWorks Corporation
0.0
0% None documented 0
Parsons Corporation
0.0
0% None documented 0
Fluensee
0.0
0% None documented 0
GAI-Tronics
0.0
0% None documented 0
SKF
0.0
0% None documented 0
Rosenqvist Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
Kirow Ardelt
0.0
0% None documented 0
HIMA
0.0
0% None documented 0
SELTA S.p.A
0.0
0% None documented 0
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions
0.0
0% None documented 0
Koito Industries
0.0
0% None documented 0
Daido Signal
0.0
0% None documented 0
IRCON International
0.0
0% None documented 0
Metromatics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Downer Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Swietelsky Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
ETF (VINCI Construction)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Colas Rail
0.0
0% None documented 0
COMSA
0.0
0% None documented 0
APS Energia
0.0
0% None documented 0
VolkerRail
0.0
0% None documented 0

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S306/09
2026 · ~15:25
Siemens Mobility malfunction Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainBarcelona Rodalies control-center software failures halt all commuter rail lines · fleet-wide (all Rodalies lines in Barc… El Democrata
S201/2026Alstom malfunction Toronto, ON, CanadaEglinton Crosstown LRT emergency brake issue raised ahead of opening · fleet-level issue, single line CBC News
S107/07
2025
Frauscher Sensor Technology cyber Critical command-injection vulnerability disclosed in Frauscher train-detection diagnostic system · product line (FDS101/FDS102/FDS-SNMP10… Frauscher PSIRT
S402/16
2024 · 22:00 PT
CPKC crash Near Greely, BC, CanadaCPKC train-on-train collision near Greely, BC after crew missed restricting signal · 2 trains involved; 4 locomotives + 4 c… Railway Age
S204/26
2023
Loram fire Joplin, MO, USARail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin KOAM News Now
S512/2021
11:20 ET
Nordco (Wabtec) fatality Norfolk Southern rail line near Re…Roadway worker killed by Nordco spike machine with non-functional alarm · 1 fatality, 1 machine NTSB
S305/08
2021
Hitachi Rail recall Class 800/385 fleet withdrawn UK-wide after underframe cracks found · fleet-wide (dozens of trainsets), mult… BBC News
S503/2020Progress Rail (Caterpillar) fatality McCook, IL, USAContractor killed by machine part at Progress Rail's McCook, IL plant · 1 fatality Patch
S211/15
2017 · 08:20
Thales (Ground Transportation) crash Joo Koon MRT station, SingaporeJoo Koon MRT collision during new Thales signalling system trial · 2 trains / 28 injured The Straits Times
S401/2017Amsted Rail injury Groveport, OH, USAWorker's leg crushed at Amsted Rail's Groveport, OH plant; $610K OSHA fine · 1 injury, 1 facility Murray & Murray
S402/15
2015 · 13:30 ET
Sperry Rail Service crash Mount Carbon, WV, USACSX crude oil train derails and catches fire in Mount Carbon, WV after Sperry inspection missed broken rail · 25-27 tank cars derailed, 1 injury, 1 … Bluefield Daily Telegrap
S506/22
2009 · 16:58
Alstom Signaling Inc. fatality Washington, DC, USAFort Totten crash traced to failed GRS/Alstom Signaling track circuit module · 1 failed track circuit module / system… NTSB
S3Sperry Rail Service regulatory Mount Carbon, WV, USAFRA fines Sperry Rail Service over missed rail defect before Mount Carbon derailment · 1 enforcement action, $25,000 fine Transport Topics
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