April 14, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Bucks County Courier Times, April 14, 2016) BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — Passengers on SEPTA’s Warminster Regional Rail line won’t notice anything different when they step aboard Monday morning, but beneath their feet rests technology that promises a safer...
April 5, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, April 4, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transporation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it is accepting applications for $25 million in competitive grant funding...
March 14, 2016 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway-Technology, March 10, 2016) LONDON — Unveiled late last year, US railroad Norfolk Southern’s new fleet of environmentally friendly locomotives are the result of a $30m public-private partnership to replace the entire Chicago yard locomotive...
February 26, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Philly Voice, February 25, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — A new, federally mandated safety system could be operational on SEPTA’s Warminster Regional Rail line as soon as Monday, the agency said Thursday Full story: Philly Voice
February 17, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB, Technology
(Source: DeSmog Blog, February 16, 2016) NEW YORK — Despite the fact PTC was first recommended as a safety measure by the National Transportation Safety Board in 1970, the railroads have failed to install positive train control. Full story: DeSmog...
February 4, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Albany Times Union, February 3, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern, two of the dominant freight railroads in the Capital Region, told the Federal Railroad Administration they won’t make the 2018 deadline for full implementation...
February 4, 2016 | Amtrak, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Hartford Courant, February 3, 2016) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Metro-North is telling federal regulators that it’s on course to fully install GPS-based safety technology by 2018, even though some of the country’s biggest freight railroads will take longer...
February 4, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: ICIS News, February 3, 2016) HOUSTON — Federal officials released a schedule for positive train control (PTC) on Wednesday that shows at least seven of the nation’s carriers will not meet the congressional deadline to install the safety system. Full...
February 3, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2016) LOS ANGELES — Despite efforts by Metrolink officials to improve service, the number of late trains on Southern California’s commuter railroad nearly doubled last year, to the dismay of thousands of riders. Last year,...
February 3, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, February 2, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won’t meet a 2018 deadline to start using safety technology intended to prevent accidents like the deadly...
