Train Safety Tech Implementation Beats Congressional Deadline
The multi-year effort to implement positive train control wrapped up two days before a deadline set by Congress. The tech is intended to prevent trains from running through red signals or being switched to the wrong track.
by Eric Anderson, Times Union
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January 6, 2021
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(TNS) — A system intended to prevent train collisions and derailments caused by excessive speed has been completed, the Federal Railroad Administration announced. The multi-year effort to install Positive Train Control wrapped up on Dec. 29, two days before a deadline set by Congress.
PTC is intended to prevent trains from running through red signals or being switched to the wrong track. It also is intended to prevent derailments caused by excessive speeds and to keep trains out of active work zones.