RAILROAD VIRTUAL TRACK BLOCK SYSTEM

RAILROAD VIRTUAL TRACK BLOCK SYSTEM

A railroad track control system for maintaining a braking distance onboard a locomotive comprising a plurality of control systems each disposed at a corresponding end of a corresponding physical track block, each control system operable to detect a presence of a train within the corresponding physic...

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Hauptverfasser: SHUE, Kent Robert, SPECHT, Jerry Wade, YOUNG, Ralph E, BEARD, Mitchell Wayne
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
RAILWAYS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A railroad track control system for maintaining a braking distance onboard a locomotive comprising a plurality of control systems each disposed at a corresponding end of a corresponding physical track block, each control system operable to detect a presence of a train within the corresponding physical track block; determine an occupancy of the train within at least one virtual track block of a plurality of virtual track blocks within the corresponding physical track block; and transmit a virtual track block position (VBP) message identifying the occupancy of at least one virtual track block within the corresponding physical track block to computers onboard locomotives in the vicinity.