1. An Overview of MultiModal & MultiRail ®

2. 2 MultiRail is produced by MultiModal Applied Systems. Background information:  Founded in Princeton, USA, in 1992  Specialty in rail planning, scheduling and logistics software  Key product is MultiRail (freight and passenger editions) for railway operations planning  Staff of transportation, logistics, and computer professionals  MultiRail software is in use by all major freight railways in North America as well as many passenger operators  MultiRail software is in use in Latin America, South Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe  MultiModal also supplies customized transportation software and rail consulting services

3. 3 MultiModal Partial Customer List  Deutsche Bahn  SEPTA (Philadelphia)  Herzog (Miami)  Canadian National  Canadian Pacific  GO Transit (Toronto)  BNSF (USA)  CSX (USA)  FCAB (Chilé)  FerroMex (México)  CVRD (Brazil)  ABP (London)  Spoornet (S. Africa)  FGC Barcelona (Spain)  Union Pacific (USA)  Indian Railways  Norfolk Southern (USA)  TFM (México)  Queensland Rail (Aust.)  New Jersey Transit  Tri-Rail (Florida)  A.L.L. (Brazil)  Metra (Chicago)  Trenitalia (Rome)

4. 4 MultiRail ® Freight Edition - Fully integrated system for freight service design and planning MultiRail ® Passenger Edition Fully integrated system for service planning including timetabling, track, equipment and crew management MultiRail Railway Planning Products FastTrack ™ II is an optimizer for capacity and meet/pass planning FirstClass™ is an Algorithmic railway car classification system

5. 5 A Complete Rail Planning Environment  Graphical Network Manager  Train Manager for train schedule design  Timetable Manager – Timetables and Publishing  Interactive Time-Distance Editing  Platform Management  Graphical Consist Management  Train Conflict Identification  Integration with OPCrew Scheduling and Rostering  Full Set of Reports and Graphics

6. 6 MultiRail Integrated Environment Network Definition Consist Manager Platform Manager Crew Manager Train Manager Opcom’s OPCrew Conflict Analysis Graphical Tools FastTrack Report Manager – For all Databases

7. 7 Projects Using MultiRail MultiRail Passenger System is in use with FGC (Barcelona), SEPTA (Philadelphia), GO Transit (Toronto), Tri-Rail (Miami), and is being used by our consultants at Metra (Chicago), SEPTA (Philadelphia), Delaware Transit Corporation, and Amtrak in the US, and SRA in the UK. Key component to Canadian Pacific’s Genesis Project which has saved CP hundred of millions of dollars -- while improving overall service. MultiModal has developed the operating plan for most of the large US rail mergers, including rationalization and optimization of routes. MultiModal’s MultiRail was used in the privatization planning for the two largest Mexican railways (TFM, FMX). MultiRail is being used for rail planning in Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Current project in India with US T.D.A. funding.

8. 8 Overview of MultiRail Passenger Edition - A Comprehensive Environment for Passenger Rail Planning and Timetabling

9. 9 Network Manager Graphical Tools for Building “Link and Node” Railway Network Tables with Node And Link Details

10. 10 Right Click to Enter Track and Switch Information Track Properties Switch Properties

11. 11 Train Schedule Management

12. 12 Train Manager: Import or Build Trains

13. 13 Time-Distance Graphics Stringlines are interactive and times can be changed by the user Right mouse click to get info on individual trains

14. 14 Timetable - View Multiple Segments or Corridors at the Same Time

15. 15 MultiRail Data Can be Easily Exported to Many Data Formats Timetable information in HTML Timetable information in Excel

16. 16 Timetable Used for Train Conflict Analysis Line, Consist and Crew Information A/D Times, Track/Platform, Run time, and Dwell Information

17. 17 Conflicts Automatically Identified With Details Conflicts details described, and filtered in timetable to aid problem resolution. Train A_1026 and A_1111 have conflict between 81 st and 72 nd

18. 18 Conflicts and Occupancy Viewed Through Diagrams Line color by track Conflicts identified graphically and explained in pop-up Train IDs

19. 19 Details of Conflicts by Type, Train, Location, and time Conflict details by train and track location

20. 20 Route Shown Graphically in Track Manager

21. 21 MultiRail Makes Suggestions For Building Consist (Rake) Cycles Trains Assigned To Consists Unassigned Trains

22. 22 Consist Management & Equipment Cycling  Each train can be assigned a Consist Data structures support reconfiguring Consists & mid-route Consist changes User defines consists using database of available equipment Characteristics of equipment can be specified  Trains can be added and edited on Consist screen  Consists can connect between trains

23. 23 Consist Reports for Cycling and Balancing of Consists

24. 24 Train Flow Volume Graphic

25. 25 Platform Planning Through Train-Based Track Assignments Track Numbers Assigned Trains

26. 26 Crew Job Builder Shifts for each job Listing of Jobs Crew for selected job and shift Detailed duties for the selected job Shift Details

27. 27 Multiple Crew Reports

28. 28 Why MultiModal? Unique Service Planning Software -MultiRail Deep expertise and experience in rail service and capacity planning Ability to keep projects focused, and moving forward Ability to apply our experience from other railroads around the world to the specifics your situation Independence from past internal decisions and practices Technical skills that ensure tools are used to their maximum effect Compatibility with Opcom’s OPCrew™Optimization Software Dramatic return on investment Strong track record of success