September 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 12, 2018) CAMARILLO, Calif. — On the 10th anniversary of the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth, the 25 people who were killed, including 21 from Ventura County, were remembered Wednesday at a memorial event not far from...
September 12, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, September 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration announced today Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for at least $46 million for Positive Train...
September 12, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: My News LA, September 12, 2018) LOS ANGELES — A pair of memorial ceremonies will be held Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth that killed 25 people, injured more than 100 others and led to a national push for the...
September 11, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Politico, September 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Transportation railroads subcommittee is holding a hearing Thursday on positive train control with top officials from FRA, NTSB, Amtrak and more. There are 109 days between Thursday and the deadline...
September 10, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Orange County Register opinion column by Art Leahy, September 8, 2018. Leahy is CEO of Metrolink.) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Sometimes tragedy can be a vehicle for change. Ten years ago the deadliest train accident in Metrolink’s history spurred a transformation in...
September 10, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News, September 8, 2018) LOS ANGELES — Metrolink 111 was right on time. The commuter train pulled out of Union Station just after 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2008, carrying mostly workers and college students heading home on a Friday afternoon....
September 7, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 6, 2018) BOSTON — CSX Transportation will eventually seek to operate trains with one-person crews on lines under the protection of positive train control, Chief Financial Officer Frank Lonegro told an investor conference this week....
September 6, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 6, 2018) CAMARILLO, Calif. — Silver linings were the last thing on Claudia Souser’s mind that tragic day 10 years ago when a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth,...
August 31, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, UP
(Source: Railway Age, August 30, 2018) NEW YORK — Union Pacific released data as of Aug. 17, 2018, detailing its progress implementing Positive Train Control (PTC). The Class 1 has equipped 99% of its locomotives, prepared 99% of the required track segments and has...
August 30, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, August 29, 2018) PORTLAND, Maine — Officials say Amtrak’s Downeaster will continue to run from Massachusetts to Maine even without the automatic braking technology known as positive train control. Patricia Quinn, executive director of...
