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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
John Laduc, Harrisville, NY (US);
Jon M. Marra, Henderson, NY (US);
Dale R. Stevens, Adams Center, NY (US);
Joseph Mario Nazareth, Rockledge, FL (US);
Bryan David Cain, Rockledge, FL (US);
John LaDuc, Harrisville, NY (US);
Jon M. Marra, Henderson, NY (US);
Dale R. Stevens, Adams Center, NY (US);
Joseph Mario Nazareth, Rockledge, FL (US);
Bryan David Cain, Rockledge, FL (US);
New York Air Brake Corporation, Watertown, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of determining the configuration of locomotives in wired distributed trains. It includes determining consists of adjacent locomotives in the train. It determines one or more sub-consists of adjacent locomotives, which are controlled separately from a preceding adjacent locomotive within the consist. Locomotives which have an available wired distributed power controller is determined. A common consist indicator is assigned to all adjacent locomotives of a consist if the consist has at least one available wired distributed power controller. A common sub-consist indicator is assigned to all locomotives of a sub-consist if the consist has at least one available wired distributed power controller.