Patent ID: 7890223

Claim:
A system for remotely monitoring compliance with a railroad signal associated with a section of railroad track, comprising: a remote aspect compliance subsystem for monitoring compliance with an indication for the section of railroad track represented by an aspect of the railroad signal and selectively generating a corresponding compliance message, wherein the aspect is a red aspect and the remote aspect compliance monitor generates a compliance message when a train crew runs-by the red aspect at a speed exceeding a predetermined maximum speed limit, the remote aspect compliance subsystem comprising: a signal aspect detector for determining the current aspect of the railroad signal; a set of wheel detectors for detecting movement of a train in the section of railroad track proximate the railroad signal; a processor for determining from the current aspect of the railroad signal and signals from the wheel detectors compliance with the indication provided by the current aspect and selectively generating a message in response; and a communications unit for transmitting generated messages to a server; and the server communicating with the remote aspect compliance subsystem via a network for receiving and processing compliance messages received from the remote aspect compliance unit.