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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398140 | Operator warning system and method for improving locomotive operator vigilance Provided is an operator warning system for use in connection with a locomotive having a horn system with a horn activation actuator and a horn device for producing a noise. The operator warning system includes an onboard computer system with a database having grade ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7137600 | Method and apparatus for automatic train control in a digitally controlled model railroad system A method for automatic train control in a digitally controlled model railroad system includes detecting a polarity change of a track voltage applied to the track by means of a digitally controlled motor vehicle running on the track. The track voltage being a modulat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6802423 | Disposable food delivery apparatus Cubic boron nitride tooling, e.g. for woodworking, is fabricated with the same geometries and machinery as is used for fabricating conventional carbide tooling. ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6619593 | Train noise elimination system A two-piece, compact wireless railroad grade crossing motorist warning device comprising: a transmitter that transmits a non-audible analog radar beacon signal to be installed on a train and a receiver to receive the non-audible analog radar beacon to be ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6572056 | Method and apparatus for uniform time warning of railroad trains A system for controlling a train's approach on a right-of-way to a grade crossing such that a uniform warning time is ensured comprising: a communication based train control scheme including a computer situated on the train; a device for detecting the pre... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6208246 | Method and apparatus for improving railcar visibility at grade crossings A method and apparatus for providing warning lamps on the side of railcars where the lamps are powered by and receive information from a power line extending across numerous cars of the train and where the power line also provides power and information to... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6088635 | Railroad vehicle accident video recorder A method and monitoring unit for recording the status of a railroad vehicle prior to a potential accident. In a monitoring unit mounted in or on a railroad vehicle, such as a locomotive, a video camera is provided to continuously view a scene that the rai... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5680120 | Transportation safety apparatus and method A transportation safety apparatus and method for the detection of obstacles which lie off the line-of-sight or beyond the field of view of a moving vehicle entails shooting a laser beam through the air from a moving vehicle, capturing the beam and passing... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5244055 | Transport control apparatus for automated guided vehicles A transport control apparatus for a plurality of automated guided vehicles traveling a transport path having a confluence junction, a turnout or a crossing is comprised of a conductor of a loop-shaped configuration formed to surround the confluence juncti... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4094252 | Self-controlled on-grade monorail track switch and method A monorail track switch and method is disclosed wherein the track switch senses the approach of a train and automatically aligns itself to accommodate passage of the train. Circuits are provided to selectively deenergize a movable track section when in no... | 06/13/1978 |
