Patent ID: 8271153

Claim:
A system comprising: a track profile database stored in a memory, the database having track profile data relative to one or more track grades of a track on which a powered vehicle travels and designated geographic locations associated with locations of the one or more track grades and wherein the track profile data further includes an identity of one or more wayside devices and designated geographic locations of the one or more wayside devices; wherein the powered vehicle is operated over the track according to one or more planned vehicle operating conditions that are determined based on the one or more track grades; a data storage device for storing one or more current operating conditions of the powered vehicle at the designated geographic locations associated with the one or more track grades as the powered vehicle travels on the track; a controller configured to verify an accuracy of the track profile data at the designated geographic locations associated with the one or more track grades by comparing the one or more current operating conditions of the powered vehicle to the one or more planned operating conditions for the powered vehicle at the designated geographic locations; and a camera configured to obtain images of the one or more wayside devices as the powered vehicle travels on the track.