Patent ID: 9126608
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B61L

Abstract:
1. A system having one or more processing units configured to: control a vehicle system during a trip according to an operating plan, the operating plan designating one or more first tractive operations or braking operations to be implemented by the vehicle system along a route of the trip; generate a transition plan in response to a deviation of the vehicle system from the operating plan, the transition plan designating one or more second tractive operations or braking operations to be implemented by the vehicle system as the vehicle system travels toward an approaching location from a second location where the vehicle system deviates from the operating plan, wherein the transition plan designates the one or more second tractive operations or braking operations for the vehicle system for a limited distance that is shorter than a remainder of a distance for which the operating plan was generated; and generate a prospective plan in response to the deviation, the prospective plan designating one or more third tractive operations or braking operations to be implemented by the vehicle system when the vehicle system at least one of moves past the approaching location or completes the transition plan, wherein the prospective plan designates the one or more third tractive operations or braking operations for the vehicle system at least until an end point of the distance for which the operating plan was generated.