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Press Release:August 24, 2006FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PC*MILER|Rail 13 Release Offers Data Enhancements and New Multi-level Routing Option ALK Technologies’ Enhanced, Indispensable Rail Routing Software Now Available PRINCETON, NJ – AUGUST 24, 2006 - ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of PC*MILER|Rail 13, the latest version of the rail industry’s essential routing, mileage and mapping software. ALK was the first and remains the only provider of rail routing and mileage software, for rate determination and negotiation, equipment management, rail car mileage auditing and carrier selection, and more. PC*MILER|Rail 13 is the must-have tool for railroads, shippers, rail car lessors, rail car mileage auditors, logistics companies and intermodal carriers. It provides the most accurate and comprehensive North American rail database and industry-leading tools. PC*MILER|Rail 13 represents the continued evolution of the first rail routing mileage and mapping software introduced by ALK. For over 25 years, ALK has used the solution in many traffic diversion studies, and a variety of costing applications. It has proven to be an accurate source for determining the routes and mileage for the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s Carload Waybill Sample. “We update our data through several industrial sources”, said Monica Darrow, product marketing manager. “PC*MILER|Rail reflects the most recent rail network changes. It is the industry’s definitive resource for major and minor railroad acquisitions, mergers and abandonments.” PC*MILER|Rail 13 features 240,000-miles of North American rail lines with 1,072 additional active freight stations from the previous version for a total of 49,857. There are 9 additional railroads for a total of 700 and more than 3,400 unique junction interchanges plus enhanced interline routing. Like its predecessors in the PC*MILER family, PC*MILER|Rail affords new functionality to meet the changing needs of the transportation community. For example, its new Auto Racks routing option provides an additional routing option for multi-level rail cars. Auto Racks joins traditional routing options such as Intermodal and Coal/Bulk. Other PC*MILER|Rail 13 features include:
Two supplemental connectivity products enhance the utility of PC*MILER|Rail 13. The first, PC*MILER|Rail-Connect, seamlessly interfaces PC*MILER|Rail routes, mileage and reports with all leading transportation and logistics management software systems. Within other software applications, users can calculate mileage for an origin/destination pair of locations with intermediate stop-off points, display PC*MILER|Rail maps, run state-by-state mileage breakdowns and generate detailed station reports. The PC*MILER|Rail-Connect Dynamic Link Library (DLL) is designed to fulfill all the routing and mileage reporting needs of custom development applications, such as Visual Basic and Borland C++ based applications. It enables spreadsheet users and software developers to easily access PC*MILER|Rail mileage information from within spreadsheet programs. USRail.desktop, a long time interface partner and reseller, uses PC*MILER|Rail Connect in its rail cost analysis software for shippers. USRail.desktop helps shippers analyze rail shipping rates and costs for competitive rate benchmarking and business-critical rate negotiations. “We use PC*MILER|Rail-Connect for vital rail mileage data,” said Mike Behe, vice president marketing for USRail.desktop. “In terms of coverage of the North American rail system, there is nothing like it.” The second product, PC*MILER|BatchPro, enables users to automatically summarize empty, loaded, and total mileages by equipment ID, railroad, or state and province for a large number of rail movements. Users can process large volumes of origin-destination locations using a variety of geographic codes (identifiers) including city/state names, SPLC’s, FSAC’s, ERPC’s (3-3-3s) and R260 junction codes. For more information, visit www.alk.com/rail. About ALK Technologies, Inc. ALK Technologies, Princeton, N.J., was founded in 1979 by Princeton University professor Dr. Alain Kornhauser, who still provides strategic leadership. ALK recognized the power of information technology early and has consistently developed inventive, practical transportation applications that provide customers a competitive edge, increased efficiency and bottom line benefits. ALK helps companies and individuals understand and harness the relentlessly evolving technologies reshaping the competitive transportation landscape. More than 21,000 companies use ALK’s PC*MILER Solutions, including ninety percent of the “Top 100” North American motor carriers, the U.S. Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. ALK provides consulting, customized information systems and packaged software solutions. For more information, visit www.alk.com. # # # The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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