Locomotive speed determination

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B60L 3/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2618506

A method and system for determining a ground speed for locomotives (e.g., 12, 14) of a train (16) comprising at least two locomotives for use in controlling an operation of the train. The method includes selecting an axle of any one locomotive of the train for measuring a speed corresponding to the selected axle. The method also includes determining a ground speed for at least another locomotive of the train based on a measured speed corresponding to the selected axle of the one locomotive.

L'invention porte sur un procédé et un système qui permettent de déterminer une vitesse par rapport au sol des locomotives (p.ex., 12, 14) d'un train (16) comprenant au moins deux locomotives utilisées pour commander le fonctionnement du train. Le procédé de l'invention consiste à choisir un essieu de l'une des locomotives du train afin de mesurer une vitesse correspondant à l'essieu choisi; et également à déterminer une vitesse par rapport au sol d'une autre locomotive du train au moins, sur la base d'une vitesse mesurée correspondant à l'essieu choisi de la locomotive.

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