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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Francois Pretorius, Paonia, CO (US);
David L. Hill, Prospect, KY (US);
Charles A. Wisniewski, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Lawrence Deloss Lowe, III, Louisville, KY (US);
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for verifying trackside conditions in safety critical railroad applications by reporting the status of trackside signals and switches to a remote train control system. The system comprises at least one sensor for providing trackside conditions electrically connected to a circuit for providing trackside conditions to a railroad, said sensor being powered by voltage applied to the circuit such that the sensor is energized only when said electrical component is engaged. The system and method further comprises a method and system which is failsafe and which enables the control system to independently verify signals from each sensor.