Patent ID: 7885736

Claim:
A system for selecting a location in a railway switch yard in which to switch cars from a train block, the railway switch yard having a switch, a reswitching track and classification tracks, the reswitching track defining a path for recirculating cars from a position downstream the switch to a position upstream the switch, said system comprising: i. a data processing apparatus having a CPU and a machine readable storage encoded with software for execution by the CPU; ii. processing with the software first data conveying information about an expected pull time of the train block, the pull time being indicative of an approximate time at which the train block is expected to vacate a classification track in which the train block is to be eventually switched, to perform a selection between the reswitching track and the classification tracks in which to switch cars of the train block; iii. the data processing apparatus having an output for releasing second data conveying results of the selection.