Patent ID: 8019496

Claim:
A locomotive controller comprising: an input device configured to receive input information from a user, a display configured to provide at least visual output of information to the user, and a processor configured to drive the display to output the information to the user and receive input information from the user via the input device, wherein the processor includes and is further configured to run software that includes instructions that direct the processor to determine a location of a train on a track and the location on the track of stopping distances relative to the present location of the train on the track for at least two of an emergency brake application, a full service brake application and a controlled stop brake application, and wherein the software further includes instructions that direct the processor to drive the display to show the determined, present location of the train on the track and the location on the track of the determined stopping distances relative to the displayed present location of the train on the track for the at least two of the emergency brake application, the full service brake application and the controlled stop brake application.