(Source: Associated Press, August 29, 2018)
PORTLAND, Maine — Officials say Amtrak’s Downeaster will continue to run from Massachusetts to Maine even without the automatic braking technology known as positive train control. Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, tells the Bangor Daily News the Downeaster doesn’t have to have the technology because less than 12 trips travel down the line each day.
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