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(Updated, 3:50 p.m.) Work to tie-in Silver Line Phase 2 to Phase 1 was completed this past weekend, a Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
Muni experts troubleshoot obsolete control system to keep trains running Written by Dan Howard, MUNI Ed. Note: This article recently appeared on the MUNI website, and we thought it would be of interest to our readers. DCL Two weeks ago, [Muni] experienced yet another subway train control system failure caused by aging equipment. A failure like this is certain to impact everyone working on or riding Muni. What’s not widely known is that the ingenuity and skill of Muni’s technical staff makes the difference between these failures crippling the system for w...
One seen here. it hit the ground and burst into flames. the cause is still under investigation and comes just days after six marines died when their helicopter crashed in nepal during relief efforts there. this morning, amtrak is back on track. resuming full service in the northeast corridor for the first time since last week's derailment in philadelphia. there's an automatic train control system that's in place. its point is to slow speeding trains to 45 miles per hour. the fbi and ntsb will meet together what if anything hit the train's windshield causing the track. look at that right ther...
The use of a speed control system at the site where manhattan bound train derailed tuesday killing eight people. it was going more than twice the speed limit for that stretch of the rail system. the system is already in place and in use in the southbound side of the route. it will be activated on the northbound rails. brian is live in philadelphia. >> well amtrak's ceo says he was onaunaware of the loophole that only the southbound trains had the automatic train control that slows down speeding trains. now the system is actually -- it was installed on the northbound side but just was not opera...
Everyone at the crash site was listening to what michael nutter had to say. >> before a train could pass this way, we must take a moment a human moment to recognize what has happened. >> they were emotional talking about the worst day of his professional career on tuesday. he said 300 people have been working around the clock to lay 1,500 feet of railway. he said the positive train control, the automatic train control system that automatically brakes oer slows down a train, it was in place back in '99 and 2000 but part of that the reason it wasn't