New York Air Brake Corporation

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Jeffrey Scott Tippey

Sean Adams

Sung-Ho Jee

Darold Dean Tippey

Wade Goforth

Graham Hausler

Amanda Tippey

The present application relates to a braking system for a train that is configured to operate in combination with pneumatic systems. The braking system includes an electronic control board and an electronic control valve coupled to the brake pipe on a railcar. The braking system is located on one of a number of railcars dispersed throughout the train. The electronic control board monitors a brake signal from the locomotive and selectively transmits signal data to the electronic control valve to release air pressure within the brake pipe. The braking system provides one or more air release locations within the brake pipe so as to reduce braking stresses.

No-delay overlay pneumatic air brake system

Disclosed embodiments provide a system and methodologies that enable or improve a train operator's ability to detect when his train will or has switched tracks or routes automatically in response to the train switching tracks or route without input from the train operator. Disclosed embodiments enable automatic determination of a route that the train is currently on and the route the train is supposed to switch to and the ability to predict track/route switches before they occur. Thus, the disclosed embodiments are configured to more effectively provide proper driving instructions through the track/route change, instead of merely reacting to the track/route change.

Parallel tracks design description

Disclosed embodiments provide a system and methodologies that provide an optimized train driving strategy using wayside signaling while conforming to the requirements of a wayside track safety system, e.g., the 'Automatic Train Protection' (ATP) System.

Using wayside signals to optimize train driving under an overarching railway network safety system

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Arlington, TX, United States of America

Jeffrey Scott Tippey