Rail transportation personnel collect data at most highway-rail grade crossing, including GPS points, signals, lights, photos from many angles, and then transfer the data into the highway-rail grade crossing inventory programs and databases. Rail safety technicians use Viking Technology’s Write-Protect USB Devices to lock and secure the data once collected from these locations to analyze the data and create safer, more efficient transportation features. Information collected includes field data collection; rail operations data collection; collection of school bus counts; and capturing multiple digital images at all crossings. Information at remote crossings is paramount to public safety. The information and data is imperative to improving safe conditions for all motorists. Collecting this sensitive and extremely important data and securing the data via the Write-Protect USB mechanical switch ensures that the information can get back to the transportation company’s headquarters for fast, safe and efficient data analysis. Software and firmware images are also being transferred to remote rail crossing locations by way of the Viking Technology’s Write-Protect USB Device. System controls at the remote location are operated by industrial computing systems. These systems, which are field-deployed for many years, benefit from system upgrades and enhancements as new technologies and software revisions become available. Timely system upgrades ensures continuous improvements to both data collection and system performance.