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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2005
David Kornick, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert James Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eric B. Moore, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John Welsh Mcelroy, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Chris Luevano, Merritt Island, FL (US);
George Freeman, Melbourne, FL (US);
David Kornick, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert James Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eric B. Moore, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John Welsh McElroy, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Chris Luevano, Merritt Island, FL (US);
George Freeman, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A communications device is provided for routing a locomotive over a track layout in a train yard. The locomotive is operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destinations in said track layout. The track layout includes a plurality of switches configured to alter a route for a locomotive running along the track layout. The communications device may include a first user display for use in commanding a desired destination for the locomotive within the track layout by setting the state of the switches along the route to the destination.