New York Air Brake Corporation

Wade Goforth

John William Brand

Folkert Horst

Roger B Lewis

Richard J Matusiak

Jeffrey Scott Tippey

Sean Adams

Sung-Ho Jee

Greg Hrebek

Graham Hausler

John Brand

A train speed profiling system for use in connection with a train management system that can generate a virtual profile of a predetermined route having an estimated time of arrival at a destination based on data specific to the route and the actual train that will travel on the route. The virtual profile may be adjusted for any acceleration and any deceleration required by the train, and then optimized for reduced fuel consumption by reducing braking effort and improving coasting opportunities over the route if the estimated time of arrival is earlier than a desired time of arrival. The virtual profile may further be conformed so that the estimate time of arrival matches the desired time of arrival within a narrow threshold.

Speed profiling for locomotive display and event recorder

A system for automatically updating route information to a locomotive that includes a route computer and voice radio encoder that merges data representing temporary changes in a route with a voice radio call placed by a dispatcher to a locomotive engineer. A voice radio decoder coupled to the locomotive cab voice radio extracts the data representing the temporary changes from the voice radio signal and provides the data directed to the energy management system so that there is no need for the engineer to manually enter the temporary data.

System for providing temporary speed restrictions to locomotives

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

A train control system, in particular to a train control system for a train consist using a Distributed Power (DP) technology. This technology refers to the placement and operation of one or more groups of locomotives, which are distributed throughout a train consist including a multiple railcars and multiple locomotives. These locomotives are remotely controlled from the cab in the leading locomotive (i.e., the Lead locomotive (LL)).

Train control system

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Carrollton, TX, United States of America

Wade Goforth