×

Method and apparatus for scheduling maintenance of way

  • US 20060212186A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2006
  • Published: 09/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. In a railroad system in which plural trains are moved along a network of railway tracks under control of a dispatcher assisted by a scheduling computer prepared movement plan that assigns resources to activities and considers the cost of each activity and assigned resources in scheduling the movement of trains over the tracks, the method of scheduling maintenance of way for the railway tracks comprising:

  • (a) identifying maintenance of way activities desired to be performed;

    (b) evaluating the costs for performing the maintenance of way;

    (c) evaluating the costs for not performing the maintenance of way;

    (d) evaluating the impact of maintenance of way on train movement; and

    (e) planning the movement of the trains as a function of the maintenance and train movement costs.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×