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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin J. Angel, Marion, IA (US);
Ann K. Grimm, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61K 9/12 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61K 9/12 (2013.01); B61L 15/0027 (2013.01); B61L 25/021 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 27/0077 (2013.01); B61L 27/0011 (2013.01); B61L 2205/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A train control system and method for a train including at least one locomotive or control car and, optionally, at least one railroad car, in a track network having a plurality of tracks, includes at least one computer programmed or configured to receive or determine an indication that the train is stopped, continuously increment a counter in response to the indication that the train is stopped, and control an operator interface to output a current count of the counter to an operator of the train.