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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Wabtec Holding Corp., Wilmerding, PA (US);
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Donald J. Gillen, Walford, IA (US);
Richard S. Klemanski, Walkersville, MD (US);
Shawn D. Rouse, Marion, IA (US);
Scott A. Sollars, Marion, IA (US);
Wabtec Holding Corp., Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for automatically controlling a locomotive include a control interface unit configured to receive input from at least one manual control, receive input from an automatic control system, and transmit commands to a locomotive control system, wherein the commands are based at least partially on the input received from the automatic control system. A bypass relay may also be provided to enable and disable communication between the at least one manual control and the locomotive control system.