Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
Enforcing Restricted Speed Rules Utilizing Track Data and Other Data Sources

Abstract:

A system and method of dynamic train control for restricting the speed of a train in a railway on an approach to a visual barrier may include determining a stopping distance of a train to a visual barrier upon detecting a presence of the visual barrier in the railway, generating one or more stop target distances during an approach to the visual barrier based on the speed of the train on the approach to the visual barrier, and generating a warning for an operator to reduce the speed of the train based on the train moving within a warning distance associated with the stopping distance of the one or more stop target distances associated with the visual barrier.