(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015)
PHILADELPHIA — How do you get a controversial plan through Congress with little fuss and few fingerprints? Lawmakers showed one way last week as they raced to give railroads a reprieve, allowing them three to five more years to install Positive Train Control, a safety system the rail lines were supposed to have in place by Dec. 31. Experts say it could prevent crashes like the Amtrak derailment in May that killed eight people in Philadelphia.
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