Patent Document ID: 4827438
Application ID: 07033425
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of simulating train resonses in a train simulator apparatus in response to actual train operating data, which train simulator apparatus includes an operating program and an operating facility for inputting simulated train operating data into the train simulator apparatus for use by the operating program thereof to generate a simulation of train responses to the simulated train operating data, said method comprising the steps of: (a) recording on a tangible recording medium separate from the train simulator apparatus actual train operating data obtained during movement of an actual train along an actual section of track; (b) connecting the tangible recording medium to the train simulator apparatus by means of a data transfer circuit; (c) transferring the actual train operating data from the tangible recording medium to the train simulator apparatus through the data transfer circuit; and (d) using the transferred actual train operating data, instead of simulated train operating data from the operating facility, to control the operating program to generate a simulation of train responses to the actual train operating data.