Patent ID: 7076343
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: B61L

Abstract:
1. A communications device to be carried by an operator for controlling operation of an unmanned locomotive over a track layout in a train yard, said locomotive operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destinations in said track layout, said track layout including a plurality of switches configured to alter a route for a locomotive running along said track layout, said communications device comprising: a first user display for use by said operator in commanding a desired destination for the locomotive within said track layout by setting the state of the switches along the route to the destination; and a second user display for use by said operator in controlling movement of the locomotive along said track layout, wherein the combination of said first and second user displays in said communications device allows respective command and control operations to be performed by said operator with respect to the unmanned locomotive for performing train yard activities.