B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
C
B61C 17/12 (2006.01) B60L 3/00 (2006.01) B60L 15/38 (2006.01) B61H 13/00 (2006.01) B61H 13/34 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2251316
The function of a two-way end-of-train (EOT) system is coordinated with the operation of the brake equipment on a locomotive of a train according to the steps of a novel method. This method enables the brakes to be applied during an emergency in a way which minimizes the buff and draft forces produced within the train. The method includes the steps of: (1) monitoring the train for signs of an emergency by using the brake equipment of the locomotives (2) determining, if an emergency has occurred, whether the emergency is due to disjoining of the train; (3) waiting a preset time period, if the emergency was caused by disjoining of the train, before causing the brake equipment of the locomotive, to command the two-way EOT system to initiate an emergency application of the brakes from a rear part of the train; and (4) waiting an alternative time period, if the emergency was caused other than by disjoining of the train, before causing the brake equipment of the locomotive to command the two-way EOT system to initiate the emergency application of the brakes from the rear part of the train.
Macrae & Co.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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