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 partition a physical track block into a plurality of virtual track blocks, the physical track block defined by first and second insulated joints disposed at corresponding first and second ends of a length of railroad track; detect a position of an electrical circuit discontinuity in one of the plurality of virtual track blocks, wherein the electrical circuit discontinuity is an open circuit indicating a broken rail within the one of the virtual track blocks; and in response to detecting a presence of the broken rail in one of the plurality of virtual track blocks, generate a corresponding virtual track block position code; and generating an alert to an operator indicating the broken rail within the one of the virtual track blocks.
RAILROAD VIRTUAL TRACK BLOCK SYSTEM
VIRTUELLES GLEISABSCHNITTSYSTEM FÜR EINE SCHIENENSTRECKE
SYSTÈME DE CHEMIN DE FER AVEC SECTIONS DE VOIE FERRÉE VIRTUELLES
2023-11-22
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC |