Patent ID: 11859350
Assignee: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  G  B | IPC B  E  G

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
responsive to determining whether (a) the snow depth is less than the deep-snow threshold and (b) the temperature is less than a second temperature threshold:
determining whether the first train counter value is greater than a train-count threshold;
determining whether a wind speed is greater than a wind threshold;
responsive to determining that (a) the first train counter value is greater than the train-count threshold or (b) the wind speed is greater than the wind threshold:
configuring the heater timer according to the melt duration;
generating the command signal to include a start signal to the heater;
setting the first train counter value to zero; and
setting the first light-snow counter value to zero.