Telegraph™ and RailState to Launch New Initiative Utilizing Near Real-Time Camera Network to Enrich the Rail Shipper Experience 

CHICAGO and Quincy, Mass. [June 24, 2025] — Telegraph, a pioneering rail technology solutions provider, and RailState, a forerunner in rail network visibility solutions, announced a new initiative aimed at revolutionizing what shippers are able to see and do with their rail data throughout a shipment’s lifecycle.

Telegraph’s integrated rail platform provides critical freight rail data needed for proactive business intelligence and decision-making. RailState’s trackside camera network contributes additive events beyond standard CLMs, as well as high-resolution car images of shipments enroute.

This gives shippers an independent lens for spotting network anomalies, such as delays, congestion, or unexpected routing behaviors. When this layer of visual awareness from RailState’s network is integrated with Telegraph’s advanced telematics and machine learning, it creates a dynamic, multi-dimensional operational picture. The result is a system that doesn’t just react to issues as they occur, but anticipates them.

“When we speak with some of the largest rail shippers in North America, we continue to hear of friction with the four D’s – delays, dwell, demurrage, and disputes,” said Harris Ligon, CEO of Telegraph. “With RailState, we’ve found a team that also believes in returning real value back to the rail ecosystem. We believe this integration will further our goal of offering more tools and insights to shippers, by tackling the opaqueness often associated with shipping by rail, and eliminating some of the back-and-forth between rail carriers and shippers.”

“The rail industry has been limited by data that only shows where individual shipments are, not the network conditions that determine where they’re going, and when they’ll actually arrive,” added Jamie Heller, CEO of RailState. “Working with Telegraph changes that fundamentally. We’re providing customers with network-enriched intelligence that reveals the hidden factors affecting their shipments – the congestion building three states away, the velocity changes indicating emerging bottlenecks, or the volume patterns that predict capacity constraints before they impact operations.”

To learn more about how Telegraph and RailState are paving the way for predictive logistics, smarter resource allocation, and a more agile, resilient rail network, please visit: https://telegraph.io/railstate/.

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Dan Devoe
RailState
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