Abstract: A train control system and method for ensuring that a train cannot be moved from a section of track not on a main line to a section of track on the main line until both a movement authority for the section of main line track and a circulation authority for the section of track not on the main line are received.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2006
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2007
Assignee:
Quantum Engineering, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Edward Kane, James Francis Shockley, Harrison Thomas Hickenlooper