Patent ID: 9428202
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B61L,G01S

Claim Text:
1. A safety system for a train having a locomotive operating crew, said system comprising: a database containing one or more railroad maps and one or more train dispatcher information systems; a central server adapted to be at least intermittently coupled to said database to generate GPS-located critical information; a GPS device on-board the train to monitor the real-time location of the train; and a computer on-board the train and adapted to be at least intermittently coupled to said central server and said GPS device for executing an application utilizing said GPS-located critical information and said real-time location of the train; wherein said application at least one of said application and said central server is adapted to detect a type of equipment included in a consist, and to generate a maximum permissible speed based on said type of equipment.