Patent ID: 8768546

Claim:
A method for controlling a railway vehicle with a twin power plant, where each power plant comprises an internal combustion engine and a transmission unit, the method comprising the steps of: presetting a set drive torque (M(SL)) as a desired power by a throttle control; determining an actual drive torque (M(IST)) of the railway vehicle; computing a drive torque deviation (dM) of the actual drive torque (M(IST)) from the set drive torque (M(SL)); determining a prediction drive type (AAP); and, determining a set drive type (AA(SL)) in the sense of a single or double drive, a set operating point (BP(SL)), and a set transmission stage (ÜS(SL)) for the transmission units by a traction manager as a function of the drive torque deviation (dM) and the prediction drive type (AAP).