Herzog Technologies, Inc.

Matt Schouten

Lee A Olson

Glen Dargy

Gregory G Hackbarth

A track-data verification vehicle and method for verifying positive train control (PTC) track data. The vehicle includes a 360&#xb0; camera and a precision positioning system co-located on a vertical axis on the vehicle. The 360&#xb0; camera provides a video image with indicators that are useable to align an asset with the positioning system. A second video camera is positioned interior to the vehicle to capture an image of a monitor associated with a train management control (TMC) unit and of operator inputs to the TMC unit; the TMC unit executes a PTC track-data verification application. The process of verifying asset locations is thus recorded and can be reviewed and approved by a Federal Railroad Administration representative without requiring the representative to be physically present within the vehicle during track-data verification.

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Cedar Rapids, IA, United States of America

Matt Schouten