Patent ID: 8536997
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for operating a lighting system of the type including one or more lighting devices disposed on an off-highway vehicle, the apparatus comprising: one or more input devices carried by the off-highway vehicle, each of the input devices operable to detect an operating condition of the off-highway vehicle and to generate a signal representative thereof; and a lighting controller operatively coupled to the one or more input devices and to the lighting devices; wherein the lighting controller is programmed to selectively power the lighting devices from an electrical power source of the off-highway vehicle based on predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices, wherein the predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices are based on one or more railroad operating rules which dictate the use of the lighting devices based on the status of the off-highway vehicle as a lead or trailing unit within a consist comprising two or more off-highway vehicles.