A train control system that can be integrated into a locomotive having a distributed power mode. The train control system includes a router interposed in a communication link between the locomotive computer and the distributed power module that is responsible for telling the locomotive computer whether distributed power mode is active or inactive. The train control system controls the router to obtain any locomotive operational data sent from the locomotive computer to the distributed power module for use by the train control system. The router may additionally intercept and block communications from the distributed power module to the locomotive computer and replace the communications with messages that cause the locomotive computer to provide locomotive operational data that is would not otherwise output in a particular distributed power state.


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    Title :

    TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM INTEGRATION INTO LOCOMOTIVES HAVING DISTRIBUTED POWER


    Contributors:
    WAIT KEITH (author)

    Publication date :

    2018-08-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61C Lokomotiven , LOCOMOTIVES / B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC



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