Abstract: A control system is provided that obtains a movement plan that includes schedules for movements of vehicle systems traveling in a network of routes. The movement plan may be generated by a network control system located off-board the vehicle systems. The control system may obtain pacing directives associated with different segment of the routes that a first vehicle system of the vehicle systems is traveling or will travel on according to the movement plan. The pacing directives may dictate upper limits and/or lower limits on movement of the first vehicle system in the different segments of the routes while the vehicle systems are traveling according to the schedules of the movement plan. The control system may control movement of the first vehicle system to meet the schedules of the movement plan while the first vehicle system moves according to the pacing directives in the corresponding different segments of the routes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a run-time configuration change for domain data in a database for an information systems where the domain data defines entities which are acted upon by the information system and where the reconfiguration of the domain data can take place without taking the information system offline and making it inaccessible to users.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a run-time configuration change for domain data in a database for an information systems where the domain data defines entities which are acted upon by the information system and where the reconfiguration of the domain data can take place without taking the information system offline and making it inaccessible to users.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a run-time configuration change for domain data in a database for an information systems where the domain data defines entities which are acted upon by the information system and where the reconfiguration of the domain data can take place without taking the information system offline and making it inaccessible to users.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network based on the movement plan and prompting the dispatcher to provide information or take specified actions relating to the predicted events.