Patent ID: 6925366

Claim:
A work train for performing track maintenance operations, the work train being mobile on a track and comprising: a plurality of work vehicles, disposed one after another on the track and releasably connected to one another; working devices respectively associated with individual said work vehicles, said working devices cooperating for achieving a common work result for the work train; a control system for monitoring the work train, the control system including: a communication device connecting said work vehicles to one another; vehicle identifying devices respectively associated with said work vehicles, each of said vehicle identifying devices being connected to said communication device and configured for storing vehicle characteristics defining the respective said work vehicle; and a computer connected to said communication device and including a display, said computer being configured for visually displaying a malfunction report generated as a result of a detected difference between actual and desired values of parameters essential for disturbance-free operation of a particular working device, wherein the malfunction report is combined with the vehicle characteristics of the work vehicle associated with the said working device.