A system and method for automated, wireless short-range data collection and communications for interconnected mobile systems, such as trains includes a master control unit and a plurality of data transmission units communicating in a daisy-chain fashion along the collection of interconnected mobile systems. The finger guard may include a substantially tubular finger guard main body having a top, a bottom, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a medial portion including a bend so that the upper portion is angled with respect to the lower portion. The syngas is then transported via a pipeline network to a central fuel production facility. The underside of the pallet includes reinforced areas and multiple entry ports for use with a fork-lift truck. The switch, upon receiving a call back using its emergency routing number, accesses the default mobile station identifier from the mapping table using the MEID, and pages the mobile station using the default mobile station identifier. The method alleviates the task of reconfiguration associated with the adding or deleting of servers.