Bring your train into the classroom

Your instructors teach from a photographic twin of your own train.
Lokaltog saves a full training day per employee.
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Why rail training teams choose Panomio

Taught in the classroom, and available as e-learning on every driver's own device.
An interactive classroom
Instructors teach on the big screen, and trainees interact with the train on the screen or on their own iPads.
New drivers ready sooner
Cab familiarization and procedures move into the classroom, so new drivers get to the real cab prepared.
Works with your simulator
A simulator trains one driver at a time. Panomio trains the whole class, so drivers reach the simulator already knowing the cab.
Your whole fleet, one platform
Every train type and procedure, including fault handling, on one platform.
Ready within 8 weeks
An entire train, photographed and live in class within 8 weeks. After that, your instructors keep it current.
In class or as e-learning
The same course runs as e-learning on each driver's iPad or phone, in their own language, through your LMS or ours.

Save a full training day per employee

Lokaltog moved practical instruction into the classroom and onto the screen. The physical train is kept for what only the real train can teach.
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Portrait of Sonny Hjuler, Head of Training at Lokaltog
Sonny Hjuler, Head of Training at Lokaltog
We had a wish to get some e-learning into our training setup. First of all, to be brought into a new modern era, but also to create a system that is more intuitive, more dynamic, more flexible and make us a bit less dependent on having physical materials. We can move a lot of the practical stuff into the classroom and onto the screen.
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From photoshoot to first lesson

Within 8 weeks for an entire train, done with your instructors
1. We photograph your train
One visit, cab to underframe, during stabling or a maintenance slot. The train stays in service.
2. We build the first course with you

Your procedures, structured as your training days.

3. You teach, then take over

On the classroom screen from day one, and as e-learning on drivers' own devices through your LMS.

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We can build every course for you, or build the first one together with your instructors and hand over. Your choice.
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Features of Train Driver Training

Seamless LMS Integration

Panomio courses export to your existing LMS via SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and xAPI, with completion tracking for your competence records.

Effortless Updates

When your fleet changes, your instructors update the affected scenes the same day. No coding, no change-order queue.

Your real train, photographed

Every label, switch and decal exactly as it is in your cab.

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Saved per employee at Lokaltog

Lokaltog saves a full training day per employee, moving practical instruction into the classroom and onto the screen.

No headsets, no new hardware

Runs on the classroom screen, tablets, phones and any browser you already have.

What your training team gains

Fault handling, step by step

Take drivers through one fault at a time on the real equipment, from first alarm to resolution.
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New trains before they arrive

A national operator trained its drivers on a new locomotive before it reached the country.
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Recurrent training

Refreshers you assign, complete and check on your cycle, supporting your EU 2007/59/EC periodic competence checks.
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Every depot, the same standard

The same preparation, walk-around and procedures, whichever instructor teaches the class.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the product.
We already have a simulator. Why would we need this?

A simulator trains one driver at a time, on driving. Panomio trains the whole class on the train itself: cab layout, preparation, procedures and faults. Drivers arrive at the simulator already knowing the cab, so simulator time goes on driving.

Can our instructors use it with a whole class?

Yes. The instructor teaches from the course on the classroom screen, and trainees interact with the train on the screen or on their own iPads.

Can drivers also train on their own, outside the classroom?

Yes. The same course works as e-learning on a driver's iPad, phone or computer, so they can prepare before class, catch up on a missed session or refresh a procedure later. Completion is tracked in your LMS.

Can the training be in German, or in our language?

Yes. Your courses are written in the language your drivers use, whether that is German, Italian or any other language.

How long does it take, and do we have to take the train out of service?

Within 8 weeks for an entire train, from photography to a course your instructors can teach. The train is photographed in a single visit during stabling or a maintenance slot, and it is back in service the next morning.

Can we build and update courses ourselves, or do we depend on you?

Yourselves. Lokaltog's trainers author their courses in-house. We typically build the first course together with your team and then hand over the keys, and full-service production stays available if you prefer it.

Does it work with our LMS and our competence-management records?

Yes. Export SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or xAPI into the LMS you already run, or use Panomio's own LMS with completion tracking. Those completion records support the periodic competence checks required under EU Directive 2007/59/EC, though your examiners and your national framework still govern certification.

What does train driver training on a digital twin cost?

Two parts: a one-time photography and build project per train type, and a monthly platform subscription. Both depend on your fleet and the number of drivers, so we quote after a short call about your trains.

Our fleet has variants and mid-life refits. How do we keep training current?

Your own team keeps it current, with no coding. Where the physical change is visible, the changed area is re-photographed and swapped in. There is no vendor change-order queue.

Can the training be built around our own trains and procedures?

Yes. The trainer is built from photographs of your own rolling stock and written from your own procedures, so what drivers see on screen matches what they find in the cab. Book a call and we will walk through your fleet list.

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A 30 minute call about your fleet and your training days.
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