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David Michael Peltz

Jared Klineman Cooper

Eugene Andrew Smith

Robert James Foy

Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling

Steven Andrew Kellner

Samuel William Golden

Brian William Schroeck

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

Brian Joseph McManus

Wolfgang Daum

Todd William Goodermuth

Glenn Robert Shaffer

James Glen Corry

Milan Palinda Karunaratne

Robert C Palanti

Brian Lee Staton

Nathan Thomas North

Frank Richard Wawrzyniak

Eugene A Smith, Jr

Keith Gilbertson

Joseph Mario Nazareth

John William Brand

Paul Kenneth Houpt

David Allen Eldredge

William Cherrick Schoonmaker

Nicholas Nagrodsky

Mark Wayne Wheeler

Jerod Reid Svidunovich

Keith Allen Heob

Michael Copps

Jeffrey Donald Kernwein

Aaron Richard Mitti

Daniel Malachi Ballesty

Brian Douglas Lawry

Nick David Nagrodsky

Daniel Joseph Rush

Glen Paul Peltonen

Robert Francis Bryant

John Welsh McElroy

Ralph Caswell Haddock, Iii

David Carroll Teeter

Robert Bremmer

John Charles Hounschell, Ii

Stephen Craig Shelton

Andrew Patrick Kraus

John Erik Hershey

Robert Louis Steigerwald

Jerome Johnson Tiemann

Mitchell Scott Wills

Nidhi Naithani

Dattaraj Jagdish Rao

Wing Yeung Chung

Jeffrey James Kisak

Scott Daniel Nelson

Dale Henry Delaruelle

Anju Bind

Sreyashi Dey Chaki

Jian Ying Li

Russell Stephen DeMuth

David Lowell McKay

Dibyajyoti Pati

Scott Alan Schoenly

Irfan Ali

Michael Scott Miner

Nikhil Uday Naphade

Shannon Joseph Clouse

Anthony D Paul

Anwarul Azam

Matthew Lawrence Blair

Dale Martin DiDomenico

Shawn Arthur McClintic

Don Keith Johnson

Mahir Erdem Telatar

Trevor Fletcher

Yi Chen

Albert Donald Darby, Jr

Mark Hefner

George Jarman

Gregory Wright

Praful Babuji Vihol

Lindsey Bradshaw

John Borntraeger

Thomas Charles Leary

Roy Malac

William Carnegie

Daniel McNair

David Mckay

Ralph C Haddock

Santhanakrishnan Rajendran

Michael Barrett

Scott C Sherin

A system is provided that includes a detection circuit having a first and second sensor. The first sensor is configured to measure a rotational speed of a first wheel. The second sensor is coupled to a vehicle chassis and configured to measure a position over time of the vehicle chassis. The system further includes a controller circuit configured to determine a shock frequency based on the position of the vehicle chassis. The controller circuit is further configured to determine a condition (e.g., an anomalous condition) of the first wheel based on the shock frequency and the rotational speed, and may be further configured for vehicle control based on the determined condition.

System and method for vehicle control based on detected wheel condition

A system and method includes a first control system having one or more processors onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a remote vehicle. The second control system automatically restricts movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The processors detect a signal instance of an operator actuating an input device, and communicate a vehicle information request message to the second control system. The second control system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers, that includes a vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle, to the processors. The processors communicate a wireless linking message, including a request to establish a communication link, to the remote vehicle based on the vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle.

System and method of establishing a communication link between lead and remote vehicles of a consist

A control system including one or more processors that may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles and states of charge of vehicle energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may include an energy chassis having a fuel source holding a supply of fuel, an energy converter to convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy, and a communication device to communicate with the processors. The processors may direct which of the one or more vehicles are to couple with and be powered by the electric energy of the energy chassis based on one or more of: the vehicle locations, the states of charge of the vehicle energy storage devices, an amount of the supply of the fuel of the energy chassis, and a chassis location of the energy chassis.

Control system and method for a transportation network

A vehicle communication system includes a wireless communication device and a controller that controls operation of the wireless communication device. The controller directs the wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode. The wireless communication device communicates a remote data signal with an off-board location while the wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode and the wireless communication device communicates a local data signal between vehicles of the vehicle system while the wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode.

Vehicle data communication system

A control system and method determine an energy demand associated with delivery of cargo in a trip. The energy demand represents how much electric energy is needed to move cargo vehicles that carry the cargo through the trip. Locations of energy tenders and states of charge of the energy tenders are determined. A schedule for the cargo vehicles to deliver the cargo to a delivery location within a delivery time slot is determined. This schedule is determined based on the energy demand, the locations of the energy tenders, and the states of charge of the energy tenders. The system and method direct which of the energy tenders that the cargo vehicles are to couple with, be powered by, and move with for powering the cargo along routes to the delivery location of the trip within the designated time slot.

A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.

System and method for determining vehicle orientation in a vehicle consist

A system includes one or more processors, a communication device, and a positive train control (PTC) system. The one or more processors and communication device are onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a first remote vehicle. The PTC system is configured to restrict movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The PTC system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers to the one or more processors. The communication device communicates a wireless linking message, which includes a vehicle identifier associated with the first remote vehicle, to the first remote vehicle. The communication device establishes a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The one or more processors remotely control movement of the first remote vehicle via the communication link.

Vehicle communication system

Systems are provided to determine a location of an electrical fault in an electrical system of a vehicle. A test apparatus can include a control unit and a plurality of scan circuits. The control unit is configured to electrically couple the plurality of scan circuits to the electrical system and trigger the plurality of scan circuits to pass electrical signals to the electrical system. Each scan circuit is configured to detect a presence of an electrical fault in the electrical system based on an electrical signal passed. Each scan circuit provides information indicative of a location of the electrical fault in the electrical system, when detected, to the control unit.

Systems for detecting electrical faults in a vehicle

A locomotive communication system includes a wireless communication device and a controller that controls operation of the wireless communication device. The controller directs the wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode. The wireless communication device communicates a remote data signal with an off-board location while the wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode and the wireless communication device communicates a local data signal between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system while the wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode.

A system and method for determining an orientation of a vehicle are provided. The system and method determine (with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first vehicle) a direction in which a fluid flows within the first vehicle. The first vehicle is included in a vehicle consist with a second vehicle. The orientation of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle is determined based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within the first vehicle. The fluid may be air in an air brake pipe of the vehicle consist.

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