Capabilities
Full-size Locomotive Cab:
- Engineer and conductor workstations
- Four screens for 190-degree field of view
- The baseline configuration is a freight EMD-70 cab; also reconfigurable to simulate other locomotives
- Removable control stand to enable testing of new controls
- Three engineer touchscreen displays
- I-ETMS Positive Train Control (PTC) and GE Trip Optimizer (TO) automation systems
- 200+ miles of simulated track based on real-world location
Separate Experimenter Control Room
- Four cameras and live video feeds of all software channels
- Eye-tracking technology
- Intercom for simulating radio communications
- Video mixer with green-screen technology for simulating Head-Up Displays (HUDs)
Precision Software
- Programmable railroading scenarios, faults, and events for experimental reproducibility
- Live simulation data accessibility for powering displays and controls
- Synchronization tools for analyzing time series data
- Python tools for creating HUDs
Last updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2019