A system and method are disclosed enabling the use of electromagnetic engines to traverse a wheeled bogie assembly across a plurality of rails. The electromagnetic engines may be used within a rail assembly comprising four rails and a frog assembly. Further, the electromagnetic engines may be used to traverse between a straight path and a turnout path at a non-moving rail switch having a frog assembly. In one aspect, an algorithm for powering various coils is disclosed wherein the algorithm controls the power level to switch tracks connected to the frog assembly.

A system for dynamically adjusting a configuration of an intra-train communication network includes an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium has one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to receive one or more parameters values associated with a train consist, determine whether a potentially adverse condition that would affect intra-train communication for the train consist is anticipated based on at least a portion of the received parameters, in response to determining that the potentially adverse condition is anticipated, identify one or more updated network parameter settings that will assist in maintaining intra-train communication of the train consist during an occurrence of the potentially adverse condition by executing a machine learning model, and implement the identified one or more updated network parameter settings.

A method identifies and verifies control software of a rail vehicle. In the method, the control software is formed by functions, with each function fulfilling an associated task. As a networked collective, the functions form the structure of the control program. A function-dependent checksum is generated for each function. A structure-dependent checksum is generated for the structure. A total checksum is generated for the control software from the function-dependent checksums and the structure-dependent checksum. This total checksum identifies and verifies the control software for homologation in a country.

A self-monitoring system is disclosed. The self-monitoring system may include: a control unit that receives and processes a monitoring signal for monitoring of an operating system; a power unit for supplying default power to the control unit; a communication unit that transmits, to a server unit, at least a portion or all of the monitoring signal processed by the control until; and a watchdog unit that monitors the supply of the default power and the operation of the control unit and, when it is detected that there is an abnormality in the supply of the default power or the operation of the control unit, and blocks data transmission to the server unit via the communication unit. In addition, a self-monitoring method to be applied to a self-monitoring system is disclosed.

A method for operating a video monitoring system for a rail vehicle includes determining a topology of a signaling network assigned to the video monitoring system, and identifying nodes signal-coupled to the network. At least one video camera and at least one video recorder are nodes of the network. A signal path for the at least one video camera of the network is determined on the basis of the determined topology of the network. The signal path represents a signal arbitration or signaling-related assignment of the at least one video camera. The at least one video camera is automatically assigned to the at least one video recorder on the basis of the determined signal path. A device for operating a video monitoring system for a rail vehicle and a rail vehicle are also provided.

External sensor data is efficiently recorded without changing a resolution or a sampling rate. In a data recording device, an acquired data property storing unit stores, as a data property, an external environment in which external sensor data is to be recorded, an external sensor data property recognizing unit recognizes, as a data property, the external environment corresponding to the external sensor data, a data recording necessity determining unit determines, based on the data property recognized by the external sensor data property recognizing unit and the data property stored in the acquired data property storing unit, whether the external sensor data is required to be recorded, and a data recording unit records the external sensor data when it is determined by the data recording necessity determining unit that the external sensor data is required to be recorded.

A vehicle control system is provided and may include a sensor that may measure an acceleration and a displacement of a vehicle during movement of the vehicle. The system may include one or more processors that can examine the acceleration and the displacement to identify an abnormal condition of the vehicle that includes an instability condition and/or a derailment condition of the vehicle. The processors may identify the instability condition responsive to the acceleration that is measured being no greater than an acceleration threshold and the displacement that is measured being no greater than a displacement threshold. The processors may identify the derailment condition responsive to the acceleration that is measured being greater than the acceleration threshold and the displacement that is measured being greater than the displacement threshold.

A system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain a constraint on movement for a first vehicle system along a route. The constraint is based on movement of a separate second vehicle system that is concurrently traveling along the same route. The processor(s) are configured to determine a speed profile that designates speeds for the first vehicle system according to at least one of distance, location, or time based on the constraint such that the first vehicle system maintains a designated spacing from the second vehicle system along the route.

An on board unit (OBU) of a train may determine that a trip or shift has ended and may initiate a train log-off procedure. The OBU may monitor for at least one alert condition during performance of the log-off procedure, the at least one alert condition comprising a condition wherein unauthorized train movement is possible. In response to detecting the at least one alert condition, the OBU may report the at least one alert condition and disable the train log-off procedure until the OBU determines that the at least one alert condition is resolved. In response to failing to detect the at least one alert condition and/or in response to determining that the at least one alert condition is resolved, the OBU may complete the train log-off procedure.

Provided is a computer-implemented method for determining a communication status in a train consist operating in a distributed power system, the train consist including a lead locomotive and a plurality of remote locomotives. The method includes, for each remote locomotive of the plurality of remote locomotives that receives the command message directly from the lead locomotive, setting the message source indicator of the remote locomotive to a first state representative of a direct receipt of the command message, incrementing the message source counter for each response message received by the remote locomotive from other remote locomotives in which the respective message source indicator is set to the first state, generating a response message including a value of the message source indicator and a value of the message source counter, and transmitting the response message. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.