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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., La Grange, IL (US);
Mark Alan Fanara, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Warren Douglas Burnett, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for determining locomotive position in a consist including a first locomotive, a second locomotive, and one or more additional locomotives has a processor configured to determine first measurements taken starting from the first locomotive and capable of quantifying distances between the first locomotive and the second locomotive and the first locomotive and the one or more additional locomotives. The processor is also configured to determine second measurements taken starting from the second locomotive and capable of quantifying distances between the second locomotive and the first locomotive and the second locomotive and the one or more additional locomotives. The processor is further configured to combine the first measurements and the second measurements into a combined data set and, determine a locomotive consist order based on the combined data set.