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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Kendrick W. Gawne, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 11/08 (2006.01); B61L 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 11/08 (2013.01); B61L 1/02 (2013.01); B61L 25/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A navigation system for a train having at least one locomotive or control car and, optionally, at least one railroad car, operating in a track network, wherein an on-board computer determines or receives location data and communicates or causes the communication of the location data and/or railway data to another locomotive or control car, another train, a remote server, or the like. A train navigation method is also provided.