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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Glen Appleby, Saint-Lazare, CA;
James Gavin Campbell, Dublin, OH (US);
Donald Thomas Eadie, Vancouver, CA;
Petar Nedkov Gueorguiev, Montreal, CA;
Michael Irwin Handler, Dublin, OH (US);
Harold Devillo Harrison, Friday Harbor, WA (US);
Kevin David Oldknow, North Vancouver, CA;
Steven David Singleton, Sarver, PA (US);
Jacob Matthew Welch, Worthington, OH (US);
Walter Eric Spicker, Columbus, OH (US);
William T. Urmson, Valencia, PA (US);
Glen Appleby, Saint-Lazare, CA;
James Gavin Campbell, Dublin, OH (US);
Donald Thomas Eadie, Vancouver, CA;
Petar Nedkov Gueorguiev, Montreal, CA;
Michael Irwin Handler, Dublin, OH (US);
Harold DeVillo Harrison, Friday Harbor, WA (US);
Kevin David Oldknow, North Vancouver, CA;
Steven David Singleton, Sarver, PA (US);
Jacob Matthew Welch, Worthington, OH (US);
Walter Eric Spicker, Columbus, OH (US);
William T. Urmson, Valencia, PA (US);
L.B. Foster Rail Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A wayside friction management system, and method for monitoring and controlling a wayside friction management system is described. The system comprises one or more wayside device for mounting with a track of a rail system. The wayside device comprises a delivery system connected to a reservoir comprising a friction control media, the delivery system for applying the friction control media from the reservoir to one or both rails of a track. The wayside device further comprises one ore more data collection module located at or adjacent to the delivery system. The data collection module for collecting and transmitting data to a remote performance unit. The data may comprise performance information, track status information, information of an environment of the track, information of a train passing over the track, status of the one or more wayside device, or a combination thereof. The wayside device may comprise a power source operatively connected to one or more components of the wayside device.