Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

Michael Bratcher

Jeffrey Donald Kernwein

Karen Ann Shaw

Benjamin L Henniges

James L Fenske

Kristofer M Ruhland

Joshua M Bramucci

James Allen Oswald

A system is provided that include at least one positioning system that can detect a location or position of a vehicle or a portion of a vehicle group that includes the vehicle, at least one sensor positioned on or associated with the vehicle that can generate sensor data of a determined parameter or condition, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the positioning system. The controller can determine that a hazard event has occurred based at least partially on sensor data, and can communicate a hazard event notification based at least in part on the location data and the sensor data to a remote server.

Alerting system and method

A controller is provided that can receive or determine at least one first location associated with at least a first vehicle belonging to a vehicle group; receive or determine at least one second location associated with at least a second vehicle; and determine a route or lane from a plurality of possible routes or lanes on which the vehicle group is located based at least partly on the at least one first location and on the at least one second location.

Vehicle navigation and control system and method

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Azle, TX, United States of America

Michael Bratcher