General Electric Company

Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

David Lowell McKay

Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

Jared Klineman Cooper

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

Wolfgang Daum

Eugene Andrew Smith

Glenn Robert Shaffer

Paul Kenneth Houpt

Brian Joseph McManus

James Glen Corry

Keith Szewczyk

Todd William Goodermuth

Robert James Foy

John William Brand

David Michael Peltz

Sethu K Madhavan

David Allen Eldredge

Patricia Sue Lacy

Nidhi Naithani

Dattaraj Jagdish Rao

Wing Yeung Chung

Jeffrey James Kisak

Scott Daniel Nelson

Anju Bind

Sreyashi Dey Chaki

Daniel Joseph Rush

Robert Francis Bryant

Michael Scott Miner

Shannon Joseph Clouse

Nikhil Uday Naphade

Kristopher Ryan Smith

Mikhail Meltser

Anwarul Azam

Matthew Lawrence Blair

David Carroll Teeter

Dale Martin DiDomenico

Christopher Mcnally

Seneca Snyder

Timothy John Medema

Suresh Govindappa

Manibabu Pippalla

Martin Paget

Brad Thomas Costa

Jerry Duncan

Arunachala Karthik Sridharan

Prabhu Marimuthu

Sameh Fahmy

Scott C Sherin

Daniel Malachi Bellesty

System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.

Vehicle control system and method

A system and method for examining a route and/or vehicle system obtain a route parameter and/or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system are separated from each other by location and/or time. The route parameter and/or the vehicle parameter are examined to determine whether the route and/or the vehicle system is damaged and, responsive to determining that the route and/or the vehicle is damaged, the route and/or the vehicle system are continually monitored, such as by examination equipment onboard the vehicle system.

A sensing system includes a leading sensor, a trailing sensor, and a route examining unit. The leading sensor is onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle system that is traveling along a route. The leading sensor measures first characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The trailing sensor is disposed onboard a second vehicle of the vehicle system. The trailing sensor measures second characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The route examining unit is disposed onboard the vehicle system and receives the first characteristics of the route and the second characteristics of the route to compare the first characteristics with the second characteristics. The route examining unit also identifies a segment of the route as being damaged based on a comparison of the first characteristics with the second characteristics.

System and method for inspecting a route during movement of a vehicle system over the route

A system for controlling a railroad train over a segment of track. The system comprises a first element for determining a location of the train on the segment of track; a second element for providing track characterization information for the segment of track; the track characterization information related to physical conditions of the segment of track; and a processor for controlling applied tractive forces and braking forces of the train responsive to the location of the train and the track characterization information to reduce at least one of wheel wear and/or track wear during operation of the train over the segment of track.

Trip optimizer method, system and computer software code for operating a railroad train to minimize wheel and track wear

A method for communicating data in a rail vehicle consist includes transmitting first data at a first rail vehicle of the consist over a power supply conductor to a second, different rail vehicle in the consist, where at least one rail vehicle of the consist receives direct electrical power from the power supply conductor. The method also includes monitoring the power supply conductor for second data at the first rail vehicle and receiving the second data over the power supply conductor at the first rail vehicle for use by a first system onboard the first rail vehicle. In one aspect, the transmitting step comprises transmitting the first data over one or more of a catenary line or a third rail that supplies the electrical power.

Communication system and method for a rail vehicle consist

A method for operating a powered system, the method including determining whether a mission plan of the powered system is correct to satisfy at least one mission objective of the powered system, if not, updating information used to establish the mission plan, revising the mission plan based on the updated information to satisfy the at least one mission objective, and operating the powered system based on the revised mission plan. A system and a computer software code for operating a powered system are also disclosed.

System, method, and computer software code for providing real time optimization of a mission plan for a powered system

A control system for a rail vehicle system including a lead powered unit and a remote powered unit is provided. The system includes a user interface, a master isolation module and a slave controller. The user interface is disposed in the lead powered unit and is configured to receive an isolation command to turn on or off the remote powered unit. The master isolation module is configured to receive the isolation command from the user interface and to communicate an instruction based on the isolation command. The slave controller is configured to receive the instruction from the master isolation module. The slave controller causes the remote powered unit to supply tractive force to propel the rail vehicle system when the instruction directs the slave controller to turn on the remote powered unit. The slave controller causes the remote powered unit to withhold the tractive force when the instruction directs the slave controller to turn off the remote powered unit.

Control system and method for remotely isolating powered units in a rail vehicle system

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