General Electric Company

Gerald James Hess

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

Wolfgang Daum

John Erik Hershey

Tom Otsubo

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling

Glenn Robert Shaffer

Steven Andrew Kellner

Daniel Malachi Ballesty

Glen Paul Peltonen

James Kiss

Daniel F Wolf

Leonard Hill

Bradley Charles Hendrickson

Steven Matthew Pelkowski

Leonard Michael Hill

A system is provided for operating a railway network including a first railway vehicle during a trip along track segments. The system includes a first element for determining travel parameters of the first railway vehicle, a second element for determining travel parameters of a second railway vehicle relative to the track segments to be traversed by the first vehicle during the trip, a processor for receiving information from the first and the second elements and for determining a relationship between occupation of a track segment by the second vehicle and later occupation of the same track segment by the first vehicle and an algorithm embodied within the processor having access to the information to create a trip plan that determines a speed trajectory for the first vehicle. The speed trajectory is responsive to the relationship and further in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the first vehicle.

Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information

One embodiment of the invention includes a system for operating a railway network comprising a first railway vehicle () during a trip along track segments (). The system comprises a first element () for determining travel parameters of the first railway vehicle (), a second element () for determining travel parameters of a second railway vehicle () relative to the track segments to be traversed by the first vehicle during the trip, a processor () for receiving information from the first () and the second () elements and for determining a relationship between occupation of a track segment () by the second vehicle () and later occupation of the same track segment by the first vehicle () and an algorithm embodied within the processor () having access to the information to create a trip plan that determines a speed trajectory for the first vehicle (), wherein the speed trajectory is responsive to the relationship and further in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the first vehicle ().

A locomotive () is operable in two or more distinct configurations, with the change in configuration being response to a configuration input signal (). A locomotive configuration is represented by the set of end use device control signals () that are generated by the locomotive control systems () in response to the respective set of operational input values (). For a given set of operational input values, a first set of end use device control signals is generated when a configuration input has a first value, and a second set of end use device control signals is generated when a configuration input has a second value. The configuration input variable is responsive to an emission profile associated with the locomotive location. A value of a locomotive emission parameter corresponding to the emission profile is monitored and saved in a storage device (e.g.,).

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