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.
RAILROAD VIRTUAL TRACK BLOCK SYSTEM
VIRTUELLES SCHIENENBLOCKSYSTEM FÜR EISENBAHN
SYSTÈME DE BLOCS DE VOIE VIRTUELLE DE CHEMIN DE FER
2024-01-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC |