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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2024
Herzog Services, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
John W. Kieser, Platte City, MO (US);
Brent T. Applebury, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Andy White, Savannah, MO (US);
Herzog Services, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Abstract
An equipment housing assembly removably securable to a hi-rail vehicle operable to advance along first and second rails of a railroad track includes a housing that houses and/or supports at least one rail sensor. The at least one rail sensor is operable to sense at least one property of at least one of the first and second rails as the hi-rail vehicle advances along the first and second rails. The at least one rail sensor is advanceable from a retracted configuration relative to the equipment housing to a deployed configuration relative to the equipment housing to sense the at least one property of at least one of the first and second rails. A power distribution system is removably and electrically connectable to a power source in the hi-rail vehicle. A control system is communicatively coupled the at least one sensor to control operation thereof and communicate sensor data therefrom.