Method and system for data collection and analysis

摘要

A computer-implemented system and method of contemporaneously testing a respective system (12,14) on-board each of a plurality of locomotives (10) with a common user interface (56,62) where the locomotives (10) arc in electrical communication with one another for transmitting electronic signals among the locomotives. An electronic signal may be transmitted to the plurality of locomotives (10) instructing a respective on-board computer (42,44,46,48) of each locomotive (10) to synchronously engage a self-load sequence. An electronic signal may be transmitted to the plurality of locomotives (10) instructing a respective engine of each locomotive (10) to execute a testing sequence (110,50). Operating parameter data associated with the respective systems (12,14) may be downloaded from each of the plurality of locomotives (10) through the common user interface (56,62) to a database engine (72) to determine whether the downloaded operating parameter data is within acceptable operating limits.