VEHICLE BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A system for building a vehicle system determines cargo and vehicles to carry the cargo from a first location to a second location via one or more vehicle yards disposed between the locations. One or more characteristics of the vehicle yards are determined, as well as different builds of the vehicle system based on the cargo, the vehicle units, and the characteristics of the vehicle yards. The different builds designate different combinations of where the first cargo is carried in a vehicle system that includes the vehicle units and/or where the vehicle units are located relative to each other in the vehicle system. A build of the vehicle system is selected from among the different builds for forming the vehicle system according to the build in order to reduce the time spent handling or processing the vehicle system at another vehicle yard.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an input device configured to determine first cargo and non-propulsion-generating vehicle units to carry the first cargo from a first location to a second location via one or more vehicle yards disposed between the first location and the second location, the input device also configured to determine one or more characteristics of the one or more vehicle yards; and one or more processors configured to determine different builds of a vehicle system that includes the non-propulsion-generating vehicle units, based on the first cargo, the non-propulsion-generating vehicle units, and the one or more characteristics of the one or more vehicle yards, the different builds designating different combinations of one or more of where the first cargo is carried in the vehicle system or where the non-propulsion-generating vehicle units are located relative to each other in the vehicle system, wherein the one or more processors are configured to select a first build from among the different builds for forming the vehicle system according to the first build.