Switch Alignment Detection Enforcement System and Method

A switch alignment detection and enforcement system for at least one switch for a railway track having a normal leg and a reverse leg, the switch having a normal position for entry on the normal leg after the switch and a reverse position for entry on the reverse leg after the switch, the system comprising:

• a first switch monitor device in direct or indirect electrical communication with the at least one switch and configured to generate at least one signal when the switch is in the normal position;
• a second switch monitor device in direct or indirect electrical communication with the at least one switch and configured to generate at least one signal when the switch is in the reverse position;
• and
• on at least one locomotive of a train travelling on\ the railway track, a train management computer configured or programmed to facilitate or implement at least one train control action based at least partly on the following:
• at least a portion of the signal or absence thereof from the first switch monitor device;
• at least a portion of the signal or absence thereof from the second switch monitor device;
• and
• at least a portion of the content of a form-based authority.