May 20, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, Short Line
(Source: Television KPAX, May 18, 2019) BILLINGS, Mont. — An industry that’s been in Montana for over a century doesn’t seem to be slowing down. This year, Montana Rail Link is announcing a massive capital spending plan that will be the largest in its history. The...
May 9, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: WTOP, May 8, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every day for the last month, delay after delay has left many Virginia Railway Express riders frustrated. But the agency is confident it has now worked out most of the kinks with a new safety system. Full story:...
May 9, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 8, 2019) Boston Surface Railroad Co. Inc. (BSRC), a private intercity passenger railroad that has proposed a new route in the U.S. Northeast, is developing a pilot to prove new enhancements to positive train control (PTC)...
May 1, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Boston Globe, April 30, 2019) BOSTON — Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials are worried the agency will miss a key deadline to install a federally required safety system on the commuter rail, with testing of the long-planned system delayed by...
April 18, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, Positive Train Control
(Source: Washington Post, April 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On an August evening in 1969, a Connecticut train wreck made history. A pair of passenger trains in Darien collided head-on, killing five people and injuring 35. Full story: Washington...
April 16, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Long Island News 12, April 15, 2019) MINEOLA — Problems are still plaguing the Long Island Rail Road’s effort to install a system that can slow or stop a train in an emergency. During a committee meeting Monday, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
April 10, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: WTOP, April 10, 2019) CHEVY CHASE, Md. — Virginia Railway Express partially blames the roll out of a new safety system for a number of recent delays. Positive Train Control — a system that can slow or stop trains going too fast or approaching another train on...
April 1, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, UP
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Jim Blaze, March 29, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Today, freight railroading has the opportunity to use two business processes to support better customer rail freight service, improve safety and generate higher returns for...
March 26, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Television station KIRO 7, March 25, 2019) SEATTLE — The Washington State Department of Transportation announced Monday that positive train control (PTC) is fully active for the Amtrak Cascades corridor, which incorporates the Point Defiance Bypass. The Point...
March 13, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Transport Topics, March 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Executives from BNSF Railway Co. and Amtrak assured federal lawmakers of their firms’ adherence to congressionally mandated requirements regarding automatic braking technology. Full story: Transport...
