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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Mark Edward Kane, Orange Park, FL (US);
James Francis Shockley, Orange Park, FL (US);
Harrison Thomas Hickenlooper, Palatka, FL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Edward Kane, Orange Park, FL (US);
James Francis Shockley, Orange Park, FL (US);
Harrison Thomas Hickenlooper, Palatka, FL (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Engineering, Inc., Orange Park, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A train control system and method for ensuring that a train cannot be moved from a section of track not on a main line to a section of track on the main line until both a movement authority for the section of main line track and a circulation authority for the section of track not on the main line are received.