January 17, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bergen Record, January 11, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Federal regulators are recommending that NJ Transit pay a penalty of $12,000 for failing to meet its own milestones toward installing positive train control, according to congressional aides. Full story:...
January 16, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 15, 2018) Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson last week presented a status report to Oregon and Washington state officials on the railroad’s plan for responding to last month’s deadly...
January 16, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Editorial in the Baltimore Sun, January 3, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — The letter Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao sent this week to the nation’s railroad executives urging them to meet a December 2018 deadline to install automatic braking technology known as...
January 15, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, January 12, 2018) NEW YORK — Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) introduced legislation Jan. 11 aimed at speeding up the implementation of positive train control (PTC) technology that could prevent...
January 12, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.mynorthwest.com, January 11, 2018) SEATTLE, Wash. — State transportation and Amtrak officials were in the hot seat Wednesday as state lawmakers got their first chance to grill them about the deadly Amtrak train derailment in December. Full story:...
January 12, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: The Hill, January 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation meant to accelerate the implementation of a key train safety feature, a move that follows December’s deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state. Full story:...
January 11, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Spokane Public Radio, January 10, 2018) SPOKANE, Wash. — Amtrak’s CEO has given Oregon and Washington state officials a timeline for when the company will activate automatic safety braking systems in the Pacific Northwest. This is the technology many...
January 11, 2018 | DOT, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: The Journal News, January 11, 2018) NEW YORK — Federal lawmakers from New York and Washington state on Wednesday urged safety regulators to force railroads to comply with a 2015 law enacted after a speeding Metro-North train went off the rails in the Bronx in...
January 10, 2018 | DOT, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Times Ledger, January 9, 2018) NEW YORK — New York’s U.S. senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, have called on the federal Dept. of Transportation to crack down on railroads that fail to implement adequate safety measures to prevent accidents such...
January 10, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal editorial, January 8, 2018) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — As 2017 came to a close, yet another deadly train derailment occurred that likely could have been prevented if the rail industry – sometimes with a combination of congressional botching and...
