Tiez Rail Protect — Railroad Safety GIS & FRA 172.820 Risk Management
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Tiez Rail Protect on Tiez RailPlatform: FRA 49 CFR 172.820 rail risk management with segment-level GIS analysis, hazard tracking, and audit-ready reports.
Tiez builds railroad GIS software for Class I, regional, and short line railroads. Teams share maps
and milepost data in one cloud platform.
Tiez Rail Protect is a railroad GIS application for FRA 49 CFR § 172.820 compliance—segment-level hazmat route risk analysis, hazard tracking, and audit-ready reporting for railroads transporting hazardous materials. Built on the Tiez RailPlatform, Tiez Rail Protect ties geospatial risk views to track and milepost context so safety and compliance teams share one spatial foundation.
Tiez Rail Protect automates segment-level risk identification and scoring across your network, replacing spreadsheet-heavy workflows with map-centric analysis grounded in real track geometry. Hazard tracking, mitigation records, and export-ready compliance reports help teams stay audit-ready throughout the year—not just at filing time.
Purpose-built for railroads moving hazardous materials, Tiez Rail Protect demonstrates how regulatory workflows can run directly on a spatial rail data platform. Dispatch, safety, and engineering stakeholders see the same subdivision context when evaluating route risk and documenting decisions.
FRA 172.820 compliance on the RailPlatform
FRA 49 CFR § 172.820 requires railroads to analyze route risk for hazardous materials movements. Tiez Rail Protect streamlines those assessments with intelligent automation, comprehensive segment-level scoring, and real-time dashboards that surface risk trends across the network.
Tiez Rail Protect is live today—the first production application on Tiez RailPlatform—with more railroad GIS applications planned for maintenance, inspection, and operations on the same cloud-native foundation.
Railroad safety GIS evaluation
Effective FRA 172.820 programs require more than annual spreadsheets—they need segment-level context tied to real track geometry and mileposts that safety, dispatch, and engineering teams recognize.
Tiez Rail Protect delivers audit-ready documentation, hazard tracking, and map-centric risk views on Tiez RailPlatform so compliance work stays connected to operational spatial data year-round.
Contact Tiez Technologies to discuss how Tiez Rail Protect can support your hazmat route risk management program on a modern railroad GIS foundation.
Why railroad GIS matters
Good railroad GIS means every team uses the same mileposts and maps. Engineering, dispatch, and safety
see the same track. That cuts double entry and speeds up incident response.
Tiez Rail Protect handles hazmat route risk. Other Tiez apps cover traffic and track inspection. All of
them run on railroad GIS, not generic city mapping tools.
Get started with Tiez
Ask for a Tiez Rail Protect demo to see FRA 172.820 risk work on your data. We can walk through the live apps and how they fit your railroad.
Read the Railroad GIS Learning Center, review
Tiez RailPlatform and
Tiez Rail Protect, or
contact Tiez Technologies to set up a demo.
About Tiez Technologies LLC
Tiez Technologies LLC builds railroad GIS software. Our platform and apps help Class I, regional, and
short line railroads map assets, run inspections, and keep safety records.
Tiez Rail Protect is live for FRA 172.820 hazmat route risk. Rail Traffic Manager and Track Inspector
are also live. Ask us for a demo if you want to see the tools on your network.
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Frequently asked questions
What is FRA 49 CFR § 172.820?
FRA 49 CFR § 172.820 requires railroads transporting certain hazardous materials to perform route risk analysis. Tiez Rail Protect automates segment-level scoring and audit-ready documentation on railroad GIS data.
How does Tiez Rail Protect use GIS?
Tiez Rail Protect ties hazmat route risk views to track geometry and milepost context so safety, compliance, and engineering teams evaluate segments with shared spatial intelligence instead of disconnected spreadsheets.
Is Tiez Rail Protect available now?
Yes. Tiez Rail Protect is the first production application on Tiez RailPlatform and is live today for railroads that need FRA 172.820 rail risk management workflows.
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