Pantograph monitoring system and method

A method for automatic diagnostics of images related to pantographs, comprising the steps that consist in: capturing, by means of an image capture apparatus located in one of a plurality of image acquisition sites, an image that shows a pantograph of a locomotive, the image being taken from an aerial view during the travel of the locomotive, the image comprising the gliding area of a plurality of slippers of the pantograph; identifying, by means of a module for classifying the pantograph model, the model of the pantograph within a plurality of pantograph models, on the basis of the image captured; determining, by means of a module for classifying materials, a material of which the slippers are composed among a plurality of materials, on the basis of the pantograph model identified; and determining, by means of a module for classifying the degree of wear, a value related to the state of wear for each one of the plurality of slippers, on the basis of the type of material determined.