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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
Thomas Charles Leary, Papillion, NE (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian Lee Staton, Palm Bay, FL (US);
David Carroll Teeter, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
Thomas Charles Leary, Papillion, NE (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian Lee Staton, Palm Bay, FL (US);
David Carroll Teeter, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A remote control system and method for the remote control operation of a locomotive in the performance of a car-kicking sequence comprises a portable control unit operable from a location off-board of the locomotive. The portable control unit includes an operator interface allowing an operator to initiate, with a single step, a predetermined sequence of locomotive operations for automatically performing a car-kicking procedure and generating a signal responsive to the single step for transmission to the locomotive. The system also includes a memory for storing a set of instructions corresponding to the predetermined sequence. An onboard slave control unit, interfaced with an operating system on the locomotive, receives the signal and automatically controls movement of the locomotive according to the set of instructions.