Patent ID: 7930076

Claim:
A system for reducing wheel sliding on a locomotive, the locomotive traveling at a locomotive speed and comprising a plurality of axles and respective pair of wheels, the system comprising: at least one speed inferring system coupled to each of said plurality of axles and respective pair of wheels for detecting rotation of each axle and generating at least one detection signal based upon detecting rotation of each axle, said at least one detection signal comprising at least one speed signal indicative of locomotive speed and at least one non-rotating signal indicative of a non-rotating axle; and a main controller coupled to each of said at least one speed inferring system and responsive to said at least one detection signal, said main controller for identifying said at least one non-rotating signal and for initiating at least one alert signal of said at least one non-rotating axle of said plurality of axles based upon identifying said at least one non-rotating signal of said at least one detection signal; wherein said at least one speed inferring system involves comparing said locomotive speed with the rotational speed of each of said plurality of axles, wherein the rotational speed of said non-rotating axle is based on said locomotive speed reduced by at least a threshold differential.