US 12,296,870 B2
System and method for railroad tie management
Michael James Brick, Fort Worth, TX (US); Samuel Minton, Brandon, SD (US); Christopher Neil Pickard, Argyle, TX (US); Phillip Hunt, Saginaw, TX (US); and Justin Lee Devine, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/732,121.
Application 18/732,121 is a continuation of application No. 17/725,930, filed on Apr. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,999,394.
Application 17/725,930 is a continuation of application No. 17/124,824, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,338,832, issued on May 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0317281 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61K 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 23/048 (2013.01) [B61K 9/08 (2013.01); B61L 23/047 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rail tie inspection processing system, comprising:
a data storage device including a plurality of tie mark files; and
a processor operably coupled to the storage device and capable of executing machine-readable instructions to perform program steps, the program steps comprising:
generating a railroad tie grid with railroad ties having a respective tie number sorted in ascending or descending order;
receiving a tie selection for a railroad tie in the railroad tie grid;
displaying a selected tie on the client device;
generating an indication to inform a user that the selected tie is marked for replacement;
generating a user input field that can allow the user to input data about the specific tie; and
displaying the railroad ties replaced on the client device.