Patent ID: 7769537

Claim:
An auxiliary engine warming system for a primary engine in a diesel locomotive comprising: a modular engine assembly including an auxiliary diesel engine, the assembly displaceable as a unit from and to a frame for the engine warming system; an auxiliary fuel tank including a fuel line detachably connected to the auxiliary engine and including a first fitting detachably connectable to a first fuel line for a primary fuel tank for the diesel locomotive; a heater operatively connected to receive diesel fuel from said primary fuel tank and to dump excess diesel fuel to said auxiliary fuel tank, said heater operatively arranged to heat at least one fluid of said primary engine by burning said diesel fuel; at least one temperature sensor interfacable with the diesel locomotive and arranged to monitor at least one temperature condition for the diesel locomotive; and, an emergency dialer for automatically dialing a preprogrammed number and transmitting an alert message in response to an alarm signal from the at least one temperature sensor.