Providing remote monitoring of industrial engines and equipment, namely, railroad locomotives, power generation systems, landfill equipment, namely, gas sensors, off road vehicles, rental and fleet equipment, namely, vehicles, trucks, and automobiles, and vehicle support tools, namely, position monitoring devices and maintenance tracking systems, to manufacturers, owners and servicing dealers thereof via an operations center and electronic hardware and software that remotely monitors, controls, and interactively communicates with said equipment and the customer's in-house computer systems; providing adaptive equipment management services, namely, providing on-line non-downloadable software for adaptive reporting in the nature of monitoring and relaying status and service information regarding industrial engines and equipment, namely, railroad locomotives, power generation systems, landfill equipment, namely, gas sensors, off road vehicles, rental and fleet equipment, namely, vehicles, trucks, and automobiles, and vehicle support tools, namely, position monitoring devices and maintenance tracking systems that streamline information handling for manufacturers, owners and servicing dealers of industrial equipment, namely, railroad equipment, power systems, landfill equipment such as sensors and gas power generation, off road vehicles, rental and fleet equipment, and vehicle support tools