General Electric Company

David Kornick

Robert James Foy

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling

John Welsh McElroy

David Carroll Teeter

Eric Bruce Moore

Chris Luevano

George Freeman

A communications device is provided for routing a locomotive over a track layout in a train yard. The locomotive is operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destinations in said track layout. The track layout includes a plurality of switches configured to alter a route for a locomotive running along the track layout. The communications device may include a first user display for use in commanding a desired destination for the locomotive within the track layout by setting the state of the switches along the route to the destination.

Communications device for remote control of rail track switches in a train yard

An automatic coupling system () for a locomotive (). The automatic coupling system includes a means for detecting a coupling contact and for controlling locomotive systems such as throttle and brakes in response to such contact. The means for detecting contact may be a speed sensor (), an accelerometer (), a distance detector (), and/or a wheel slip detector (). The automatic coupling system may be integrated with a locomotive remote control system () to facilitate the coupling of a locomotive to a railcar () when the operator is not located in the locomotive cab.

Automatic coupling of locomotive to railcars

A communications device is provided for controlling operation of an unmanned locomotive over a track layout in a train yard. The locomotive is operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destinations in said track layout. The track layout includes a plurality of switches configured to alter a route for a locomotive running along the track layout. The communications device may include a first user display for use in commanding a desired destination for the locomotive within the track layout by setting the state of the switches along the route to the destination. The communications device may further include a second user display for use in controlling movement of the locomotive along the track layout.

Portable communications device integrating remote control of rail track switches and movement of a locomotive in a train yard

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David Kornick