Page 17 - Train Control News Today

Good right? yeah. lactaid. the milk that doesnt mess with you. confusion and contradictions in the wake of that deadly amtrak crash in washington state that killed three people. officials now saying the stretch of track did not have positive train control. its a system that automatically slows down and stops a speeding train. the ntsb says a different safety system was in place, one that

>> jon: fox news alert now. federal investigators in the deadly amtrak wreck wanted to know whether the engineer might have been distracted by a second person in his cab as the train hit the curve as more than twice the speed limit. we have details on this from dupont, washington another concern for investigators. >> the big question is here why amtrak launched the high speed service before activating speed control technology that might have prevented a derailment like we saw here monday. this t...

Thats the technology that slows down trains and senses its going too fast. it wasnt yet activated, even though the owner of the track has installed positive train control on that it very stretch. >> 501 was making its first run on a new route between seattle and portland when the train derailed and some cars tumbled on to the rush hour traffic on the interstate below. others were left dangling over the edge. we have more from the scene. >> reporter: on its very first day on its very first run, t...

Determination. another issue in my mind is, in the rail industry primarily in the freight industry, the issue of fatigue is a major issue in causing accidents and injuries. i would like for them to investigate this issue. it should not be an issue in the passenger service issue because the employees know when they are to go on duty, but its something that should be looked at. i want to clarify something that the prior person stated positive train control will be on all railroads at the end of th...

About. the most important thing is that we are having this conversation again after having had the conversations around the wreck of 188 outside of philadelphia, outside of incidents like the lakmagantic train wreck in quebec, canada, a few years ago. in each of these cases, where are fundamental structural and policy driven, risky decisions that we need to take up. >> such as positive train control and the fact that now just 24% of passenger railroads use this technology? >> ptc is a great tool...

Happen. >> lets go to positive train control. this is the invention, this is the safety mechanism that would allow the train to automate itself so that it could never be going 80 miles an hour around a 30-mile-per-hour curve. how is it possible that this is not in widespread use in most trains across the country? >> so, this is an incredible disappointment when it comes to safety because the ntsb has recommended technology like positive train control since the 1970s. and it was on their most wan...

Enforced the signals. now they didnt have enforcement of speed controls or work zones. but -- and then on the amtrak, on the northeast corridor, they basically -- they have had probably the most advanced signal system in the u.s., certainly, and canada. and they were installing positive train control even when i was there. we were starting to put it in on certain stretches of track. where we -- we always had cab signals, we always had signal enforcement. but we were putting in the positive train...

Remove this and get this back open. they have to make sure theres no damage on the road below before they can open the highway. >> i want to bring in retired railroad engineer robert being who was there waiting for the train. i understand we have a delay in our connection. let me start with the idea of the positive train control that blake was just talking about. explain for us how that works. and whether theres any doubt in your mind if positive train control would have been on this that this a...

Were being told by transportation officials that they should reopen this by friday, neil. >> neil: thanks very much, dan. why was the conductor, the engineer going in excess of 80 miles an hour on a bend in the tracks? oliver mcgee is a former assistant secretary for president bill clinton. very good to have you, secretary. what do you make of that? >> well, i think this is an issue about speed. positive train control wasnt necessarily in place and other technologies necessary to control the spe...

Fixing the infrastructure in this country? infrastructure week, was back in june. somebody built a wall between him and his own plan? the fact is, we dont know any more about whats in his infrastructure plan as we know whats in his tax return. i have to say one other thing, as i listen to positive train control. in the bronx, 2013. there was a deadly accident coming out of philly in 2015. and as soon as these things happen, we start talking about technology and the infrastructure. he couldnt wai...