Transfer of vehicle control system and method

A method comprising:

• communicatively linking a remote-control system disposed off-board a rail vehicle system and an onboard vehicle control system on the rail vehicle system with one or more processors, the remote-control system and the onboard vehicle control system configured to control movement of the rail vehicle system, wherein control of the movement of the rail vehicle system includes controlling one or more of a throttle setting or a brake setting of the rail vehicle system, and
• transferring control of the movement of the rail vehicle system from the remote-control system to the onboard vehicle control system based on one or more of a location, a condition of the rail vehicle system, or one or more of a request or condition of an operator or from the onboard vehicle control system to the remote-control system based on the one or more of the location, the condition of the rail vehicle system, or the one or more of the request or condition of the operator with the one or more processors.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to communicatively link with a rail vehicle system for remotely controlling movement of the rail vehicle system, the rail vehicle system also including an onboard vehicle control system for locally controlling movement of the rail vehicle system,
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to transfer control of the movement of the rail vehicle system from a remote-control system to the onboard vehicle control system based on one or more of a location, a condition of the rail vehicle system, or one or more of a request or condition of an operator or from the onboard vehicle control system to the remote-control system based on the one or more of the location, the condition of the rail vehicle system, or the one or more of the request or condition of the operator, wherein control of the movement of the rail vehicle system includes controlling one or more of a throttle setting or brake setting of the rail vehicle system.