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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2009
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Erie, PA (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Paul Kenneth Houpt, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Lees Summit, MO (US);
David Lowell Mckay, Melbourne, FL (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Erie, PA (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Paul Kenneth Houpt, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Lees Summit, MO (US);
David Lowell McKay, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling a railroad train over a segment of track. The system comprises a first element for determining a location of the train on the segment of track; a second element for providing track characterization information for the segment of track; the track characterization information related to physical conditions of the segment of track; and a processor for controlling applied tractive forces and braking forces of the train responsive to the location of the train and the track characterization information to reduce at least one of wheel wear and/or track wear during operation of the train over the segment of track.