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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING RAIL CAR SWITCHING SOLUTIONS IN A SWITCHYARD INCLUDING LOGIC TO RE-SWITCH CARS FOR BLOCK SIZE

  • US 20100324759A1
  • Filed: 08/27/2010
  • Published: 12/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. ) An apparatus for determining car switching solutions in a railway switch yard, wherein the railway switch yard contains a switch, a plurality of classification tracks and a reswitching track, the reswitching track defining a path for directing a car from a position downstream the switch to a position upstream the switch, said apparatus comprising:

  • (1) a data processing entity programmed with software for execution by a CPU for computing a car switching solution for a car of a train block to be carried from the railway switchyard by a departure train, the computing of the car switching solution includes determining whether the car is to be switched by the switch to a classification track or to the reswitching track by using as a factor a parameter of the train block to be carried by the departure train;

    (2) an output for releasing data conveying the computed car switching solution.

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