(Source: NBC, December 4, 2013)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The deadly crash of a New York commuter train that hurtled into a steep curve at 82 mph could make it more difficult for railroads to fight a federal deadline to install technology designed in part to avert high-speed derailments.
The system, known as positive train control, uses computer and satellite tracking to minimize human error. It is supposed to be in place for most of the country’s passenger and freight rail network by the end of 2015. But a government report this summer found that most of the railroads are not on pace to finish in time, and parts of the industry have argued for an extension to 2018.
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