US Patent Issued to Metrom Rail on Oct. 6 for "Methods and systems for decentralized rail signaling and positive train control" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,823, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Metrom Rail LLC (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for decentralized rail signaling and positive train control" was invented by Richard C. Carlson (Palatine, Ill.), Kurt Alan Gunther (Woodstock, Ill.), Sara Jo Woitel (Lake Zurich, Ill.) and Marc Wayne Cygnus (Mundelein, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for decentralized rail signaling and positive train control. A decentralized train control system may include a plurality of wayside units, configured for placement on or near tracks in a railway network, and one or more train-mounted units, each configur...