August 6, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 5, 2019) Amtrak, commuter and freight railroads continue to make progress on positive train control (PTC) implementation, but significant work remains to achieve interoperability among the railroads’ individual PTC...
August 2, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, August 1, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Passenger and freight railroads are scrambling to meet a December 31, 2020 deadline to fully implement positive train control (PTC) technology on their locomotives and their networks, but software challenges...
August 1, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: KOMO News, July 31, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Positive Train Control (PTC) is on track for implementation on railroads around the country, but it’s not fast enough, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell. Cantwell made the comments while attending a hearing...
August 1, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, July 31, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday, but “significant work” is needed to ensure the technology is...
July 31, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 30, 2019) The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing tomorrow on Capitol Hill to consider the next steps for positive train control(PTC) implementation. The hearing will focus on PTC...
June 24, 2019 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, June 21, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) has contributed to dwindling morale and could result in creating unsafe working conditions should the federal government withhold intervention,...
May 31, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, May 30, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Only 17 percent of the relationships between the U.S. passenger and freight railroads required to utilize positive train control (PTC) technology have interoperability, meaning that the host railroad can...
May 30, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, Railroad Security
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 28, 2019) According to a recent report in Trains Magazine, cyber hackers are mostly looking to enrich themselves from railroads, but their efforts could open up a path for even more serious attacks. “A malicious cyber breach of PTC or...
May 30, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a status update reflecting railroads’ self-reported progress toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC)...
May 20, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, May 17, 2019) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific implemented Positive Train Control (PTC) on 582 route miles, bringing required PTC-operated route miles to 13,597 or 80 percent. PTC was implemented on all required passenger routes in...
