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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A switch locking system and method of an authorized locomotive for safely traversing a switch in a railway including sending a lock command from a computer onboard the authorized locomotive to a switch controller associated with the switch; determining if a lock confirmation from the switch controller is received by the computer onboard the authorized locomotive; and safely traversing the switch upon receipt of the lock confirmation. The switch locking system and method may include sending an unlock command from a computer onboard the authorized locomotive to a switch controller after the train clears the switch.