Generation system for generating an image signal based on a state of trackside signaling equipment of a railway signaling system, the state being a state among a plurality of predetermined states of the trackside signaling equipment, at least one expected color being associated to each predetermined state, the generation system including a receiving module configured for receiving a state signal comprising the state of the trackside signaling equipment, a number generator configured for periodically generating a random number, each generation of a random number defining an execution cycle, a first channel, a second channel, a merging module configured for merging a first output signal and a second output signal so as to obtain the image signal.

Generation system for generating an image signal based on a state of trackside signaling equipment of a railway signaling system, the state being a state among a plurality of predetermined states of the trackside signaling equipment, at least one expected color being associated to each predetermined state, the generation system including a receiving module configured for receiving a state signal comprising the state of the trackside signaling equipment, a number generator configured for periodically generating a random number, each generation of a random number defining an execution cycle, a first channel, a second channel, a merging module configured for merging a first output signal and a second output signal so as to obtain the image signal.

A system includes one or more processors configured to communicatively link a remote-control system disposed off-board a vehicle system with an onboard vehicle control system on the vehicle system. The remote-control system and the onboard vehicle control system are configured to control movement of the vehicle system, wherein the one or more processors are configured to transfer control of the movement of the vehicle system from the remote-control system to the onboard vehicle control system based on one or more of a location, a condition of the vehicle system, or by one or more of a request or condition of an operator or from the onboard vehicle control system to the remote-control system based on the one or more of the location, the condition of the vehicle system, or by the one or more of the request or condition of the operator.

A method displays a course of a process of at least one railway safety unit. While using at least one device control, process data supplied by the at least one railway safety unit, are converted by dual-channel processing into first and second image data of the course of the process to be displayed. The image data are output to be displayed on a data display unit. In order to simplify the displaying of the course of the process, a pair of display spectacles having a first and a second display is used as a data display unit. The first display displays a first representation of the first image data delivered thereto that is visually detectable by the right eye, and the second display displays a second representation of the second image data delivered thereto that is visually detectable by the left eye.

A rail-bound track section is equipped with an automatic train protection system. The train protection system is a combined train protection system with the functionality of a first automatic train protection system and the functionality of a second automatic train protection system. The combined train protection system takes trains equipped with the second train protection system in the track section into account during a control of trains equipped with the first train protection system, and also takes trains equipped with the first train protection system in the track section into account during a control of trains equipped with the second train protection system. A method for operating a rail-bound track section equipped with an automatic train protection system is also provided.

A rail-bound track section is equipped with an automatic train protection system. The train protection system is a combined train protection system with the functionality of a first automatic train protection system and the functionality of a second automatic train protection system. The combined train protection system takes trains equipped with the second train protection system in the track section into account during a control of trains equipped with the first train protection system, and also takes trains equipped with the first train protection system in the track section into account during a control of trains equipped with the second train protection system. A method for operating a rail-bound track section equipped with an automatic train protection system is also provided.

A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held TRUE if they are already TRUE when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.

A control system for remotely configuring a locomotive includes a plurality of operational control devices located on-board the locomotive, the plurality of operational control devices being configured to implement a change to a designated configuration of the locomotive. A controller located on-board the locomotive is configured to activate the plurality of operational control devices to change the designated configuration of the locomotive upon receipt of a configuration command signal. An off-board remote user interface located remotely from the locomotive is configured to receive a single input from a user commanding a change in configuration of the locomotive, the single input being implemented by activation of a single input device on the remote user interface, and selectively send a configuration command signal to the on-board controller to activate the plurality of operational control devices to change the designated configuration of the locomotive.

An implementation method for an independent multimode train control system based on a trackside platform is provided. According to the implementation method, a trackside train control system and an interlocking system are provided independently to meet requirements of hybrid operation of trains having different systems; and at the same time, during operation of a train in a moving block mode, once a trackside control system fails or an on-board system fails, the multimode train control system can ensure that the train is degraded automatically and operates according to a degraded mode.

An implementation method for an independent multimode train control system based on a trackside platform is provided. According to the implementation method, a trackside train control system and an interlocking system are provided independently to meet requirements of hybrid operation of trains having different systems; and at the same time, during operation of a train in a moving block mode, once a trackside control system fails or an on-board system fails, the multimode train control system can ensure that the train is degraded automatically and operates according to a degraded mode.