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That you have with a lot of these stories is they get reported in the media as the technical detail is complicated for people who dont go the word. automatic train control stands for atc. it has existed for almost a hundred years and is implemented on almost every locomotive that operates in the northeast corridor. when they use this terminology in this situation, they are talking about a very specific implementation of that similar to what exists in that same location for a westbound movement. ...

Happened here. so again, that in and of itself is a side issue. so rather than argue about food service and rather than get into politics of this, what are you going to do now? its may. they have to have positive train control in by the end of the year. what are you going to do to help get this in place? >> so what weve done is weve passed a bill in the house where well urge the senate obviously to take it up that will require the positive train control and well urge administration to get fcc ou...

All right. lets get a different perspective p joining us from chief land, ohio, the president of the motoc railroad academy. david, not only do you own two railroad youve also trained engineers for a couple of decades now. what stands out to you as you you hear all the information coming out in the last 24 hours about this incident? >> its pretty maddening. im very disappointed. the answer is extremely low if he can. ive advocated this for years. all we simply need to do is put another person in...

>> they are owned by the freight companies? >> incredibly dangerous. >> they are owned -- >> theyre the priority. >> they get priority, what were talking about the implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks, which the private companies have to do, amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know, i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere,...

Accident in illinois occurred and amtrak struck a truckload of steel that was on the crossing. i wrote those letters to the people who suffered from that incident. so it means something very real and genuine to me and my thoughts are with them. when i was chairman of the board of amtrak i hired david gunn as president of amtrak. davids first priority was getting the railroad in a state of good repair. and thats when we began the installation of positive train control in the northeast corridor in...

Breaking system which could have perhaps prevented this crash and it was due to be put on to the equipment in the next few weeks, unfortunately, it wasnt. but, that implementation of positive train control has begun to take place on amtrak equipment. >> secretary luahood, these are live pictures. but i would like the go kboenow, as the former transportation secretary and advisor, what -- >> i like probably all of your viewers this evening and the people that -- the families that are suffering fr...

>> contributing to the accident was the absence of positive train control or ptc. all of these deaths and injuries were preventable. it would have prevented this derailment by automatically applying the brakes even when the engineer did not. the ntsb has called for the implementation of ptc. thankfully congress has mandated the use of this technology by the end of next year. thank you, congress. >> thank you, congress. but no rush. we are really good at investigating these kinds of disasters whe...

Would not have died. >> contributing to the accident was the absence of positive train control or ptc. all of these deaths and injuries were preventable. it would have prevented this derailment by automatically applying the brakes even when the engineer did not. the ntsb has called for the implementation of ptc. thankfully congress has mandated the use of this technology by the end of next year. thank you, congress. >> thank you, congress. but no rush. we are really good at investigating these k...

>> they get priority what were talking about, the implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks which the private companies have to do amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere curves are inherently dangerous when youre going any significant speed. to give you an example, the acela can go 150 ...

Implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks, which the private companies have to do, amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know, i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere, curves are inherently dangerous when youre going any significant speed. to give you an example, the acela can go 150 miles an hour on a straightaway. but from bost...