Patent ID: 8292172

Claim:
A non-transitory computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer usable medium having one or more computer readable program code modules embodied in said medium for recording results of a rail car inspection, the one or more computer readable program code modules configured to direct a processor to: determine a geographic location of a device on a communications network having a management information system; provide a preformatted display on the device relating to a rail car inspection and to receive user input; scan computer readable identification information to identify a rail car that is a subject of the rail car inspection; print information representative of the rail car inspection; create a photographic image representative of the rail car inspection; and transmit the information representative of the rail car inspection or the photographic image to the management information system, wherein the one or more computer readable program code modules are configured to direct the processor to prevent transmission of the information representative of the rail car inspection to the management information system after completion of the rail car inspection when the device is outside of a designated vicinity of the rail car that is the subject of the rail car inspection.