October 1, 2015 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles Times editorial, October 1, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Rather than risk a shutdown of crucial transportation services, Congress ought to fast-track a solution. Any extension should include milestones, progress reports and scrutiny by railroad regulators...
October 1, 2015 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Reuters, September 30, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. lawmakers, under pressure from the railroad industry, announced bipartisan legislation on Wednesday to extend a year-end deadline for costly new safety technology for at least another three years. Full...
September 29, 2015 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: New York Times, September 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even after spending nearly $6 billion, the rail industry says it will not be able to meet its year-end government-imposed deadline to install a system known as positive train control, which is intended to...
August 14, 2015 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Hartford Courant, August 13, 2015) HARTFORD, Conn. — With most railroads telling the federal government that they won’t meet the deadline for installing crash-avoidance systems, Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants to try more than simply issuing fines and new...
August 13, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Fox Connecticut, August 12, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) is steaming because Metro-North Railroad, loaned nearly $1 billion dollars of federal money to implement a train safety technology, is sitting on that money and will...
August 13, 2015 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: The Hill, August 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is pressing the Obama administration to hold rail companies to a December deadline for automating trains, even as Congress considers a delay in the mandate. Full story: The...
August 12, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, Technology
(Source: www.nj.com, August 11, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Of the 41 railroads required to meet a federal mandate for implementing Positive Train Control (PTC), SEPTA and Amtrak are among the 11 expected to complete the project by the end of this year. Full story:...
August 11, 2015 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, August 11, 2015) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Locomotive Works will soon meet a milestone in its previously announced three-year, $6 million expansion for the development of a cleaner engine for locomotives that meets new federal...
August 10, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: McClatchy News Service, August 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration plans to impose big penalties on railroads that fail to meet a year-end deadline to install a new collision avoidance system, including more than 70 percent of the...
August 10, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, August 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Only a handful of railroads are close to meeting a deadline this year to install safety technology that can prevent many crashes, including derailments due to excessive speed like the deadly Amtrak crash in...
