February 12, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: The Hill, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democrats on Thursday urged the Trump administration to provide Amtrak’s partners with full funding in next year’s budget, arguing railroads need to enact a key train safety feature. Full story: The...
February 9, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, Short Line
(Source: The Missoulian, February 9, 2018) MISSOULA, Mont. — Railroad related accidents and incidents in Montana have decreased 55 percent in the past 10 years, and on-duty employee injuries dropped 63 percent in that time, according to data from the Federal Railroad...
February 9, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Sinclair Broadcast Group, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After four fatal accidents involving Amtrak trains in the last two months, including one that left a train dangling off an overpass and one that led to a spill of 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel,...
February 9, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Reuters, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson will testify next week before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on the adoption of anti-crash technologies in the wake of a number of fatal accidents involving...
February 8, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, UP
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says it expects to finish installing and testing a new automatic braking system on the railroad by the end of 2020. Full story: www.usnews.com
February 8, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lawmaker wants to fine rail companies that don’t implement a safety system investigators say could have prevented a deadly weekend crash, complaining that delays and extensions have...
February 8, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Positive Train Control
(Source: The State, February 7, 2018. Christopher Seeling was a member of BLET Division 85 in Columbia, S.C. He was 28 years old.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thirteen years after a horrifying train wreck killed his son, Steve Seeling awoke Sunday morning to television images of...
February 8, 2018 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end of the year....
February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bloomberg, February 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The third fatal Amtrak crash in less than two months has thrown a spotlight on delays in installing congressionally mandated technology designed to automatically slow trains and prevent collisions. Full story:...
February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: USA Today, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Dec. 31 deadline to install automatic braking on trains only requires the largest railroads to operate on a majority of their routes by the end of the year, industry officials said Monday. Full story: USA...
