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RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2021 ISSUE (expanded version): Exploring train control system Human Machine Interface requirements. Requirements for safety-relevant Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) for train operators are becoming more common around the world. The evolution toward safety-relevant HMIs for train control is already well under way in Europe and Asia, most notably as part of the widespread adoption of the European Train Control System (ETCS), with more than 50,000 miles of the worldwide rail network equipped or contracted to be equipped with ETCS (8). While HMI safety requirements have not yet...

Wicked Local Beginning March 1 and continuing until May 2, the MBTA will stop running commuter trains from Littleton to Alewife. This is to install a Positive Train Control (PTC) system. The MBTA is replacing the service with Yankee Line shuttle buses. Shuttles will run all day, Mondays through Fridays. There is currently no weekend service on the Fitchburg Line. Shuttles will not serve North Station or Porter but will instead depart from and arrive at Alewife. Each scheduled train will be replaced by both a local shuttle and an express shuttle: Local shuttles make all stops between Alew...

Aspen Journalism Steve Sanders of Canyon Summits gestures to backup generators at the company’s Hanging Lake site that would supply power to cellular equipment in the event of a power outage. Photo courtesy Canyon Summits A developer with an unfinished project to build cellphone towers in Glenwood Canyon is concerned that other players in the industry are trying to create additional wireless networks there that could lead to a proliferation of towers and antennas, threatening the canyon’s environmental and historic integrity. Canyon Summits, a Massachusetts-based company formed to develop...

Caltrain electric train set now at TTCI for testing. Caltrain Caltrain’s first electric trainset has arrived at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colo. for testing, marking a major milestone in the electrification of the railroad. This facility will test the Electrical Multiple Units (EMUs) at high speeds under numerous conditions, as required by the Federal Railroad Administration as part of their safety standards. This testing will ensure that the new vehicles are ready for service. Tests include braking, propulsion, ride quality, noise and vibration, door operation, Positi...

The MBTA is replacing the service with Yankee Line shuttle buses until May 2.