October 4, 2013 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Reuters, October 4, 2013) NEW YORK — LNG-powered locomotives could be in widespread use on North American railroads as early as 2016 or 2017, according to Railway Age, one of the industry’s leading technical publications – which is far sooner than...
October 3, 2013 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: International Railway Journal, October 2, 2013) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — GE Transportation unveiled several new products at this week’s Railway Interchange exhibition being held in Indianapolis, Indiana, including a new locomotive. The Evolution Series...
September 30, 2013 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: ARINC press release, September 27, 2013) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — ARINC Incorporated today announced that it is developing a Positive Train Control (PTC) Hosted Network service prototype for the exchange of PTC messages between the four largest U.S. Class 1 freight...
September 30, 2013 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Spurred by a deadly train crash in Los Angeles, Congress in 2008 passed with great fanfare legislation requiring the nation’s railroads to install a sophisticated collision-avoidance system by...
September 17, 2013 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, September 17, 2013) BRUNSWICK, Maine — A stretch of track between Freeport and Brunswick has been selected as a test site for a new high-tech railroad trespassing deterrence system. The Maine Department of Transportation learned it will...
September 9, 2013 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Wired.com, September 5, 2013) It’s currently the world’s longest and fastest stretch of maglev train, reaching speeds as high as 310 mph in a demonstration last week. But Japan’s L-Zero only lives on 26 miles of test track, and we’re still more than a decade...
September 6, 2013 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Middletown Journal, September 6, 2013) MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — An effort is underway in Congress to delay a deadline to install a railroad safety net that could help prevent catastrophic collisions, hazardous waste spills and deadly accidents from speeding. Full...
June 21, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB, Technology
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, June 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a June 24, 2012 head-on collision of two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains was the...
June 21, 2013 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 20, 2013) The deadline to install Positive Train Control (PTC) should be extended by at least three years, to Dec. 31, 2018, with flexibility given to the U.S. transportation secretary to consider additional extensions if...
June 11, 2013 | Headlines, Technology, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, June 11, 2013) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board is expected today to recommend that Canadian rail carriers adopt a new system of automated signalling and braking to help prevent runaway trains and fatal derailments. The TSB report will focus...
