VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

A system and method for controlling a vehicle system (100) control movement of the vehicle system (100) along a route (106). The vehicle system (100) includes one or more propulsion-generating vehicles (102; 600). A propulsion-generating helper vehicle (110) is temporarily added to the vehicle syste...

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Hauptverfasser:	SMITH, KRISTOPHER RYAN, WAWRZYNIAK, FRANK, KIRCHNER, DAVID, COOPER, JARED KLINEMAN, EVANS, JAY MILTON, CYR, THOMAS, ELDREDGE, DAVID ALLEN, PALANTI, ROBERT CARMEN, KELLNER, STEVEN ANDREW, SCHOONMAKER, WILLIAM CHERRICK, WOODBRIDGE, THOMAS, SMITH, EUGENE
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC PERFORMING OPERATIONS RAILWAYS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method for controlling a vehicle system (100) control movement of the vehicle system (100) along a route (106). The vehicle system (100) includes one or more propulsion-generating vehicles (102; 600). A propulsion-generating helper vehicle (110) is temporarily added to the vehicle system (100) such that the helper vehicle (110) increases one or more of an amount of tractive force or an amount of braking effort generated by the vehicle system (100). The helper vehicle (110) may be added during movement of the vehicle system (100). The system and method may add the helper vehicle (110) without de-linking the propulsion-generating vehicles (102; 600) in the vehicle system (100) from each other. The system and method optionally may control movement of the propulsion-generating vehicles (102; 600) and the helper vehicle (110) according to a trip plan that designates operational settings as a function of at least one of time or distance along the route (106). 102A 104A 104B 10 02B 108 102B 10 8 110