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Positive train control and communication technology when you involve these high-speed rail systems really, over europe high-speed rails are 325 miles an hour. we need that technology to prove all of these communications. >> harris: i don't think it's possible that you probably would've read the transcript of the mayor's interview from lakewood, washington, two weeks ago. what i'm hearing you say echoes of part i have highlighted here in the coverage of that city meeting, city leaders were expressing dire concern. i'm just going to read a little bit. right now passenger trains including amtrak ...

The president of amtrak said the positive train control was not activated on the tracks. there you have it. >> that's horrifying, brooke, i have to tell you. in the accident that i referred to in 1993 five crew members were killed and they had over ten years of experience each and there were over 100 years of experience with these five men and they promised those families at that time in 1993 we will implement positive train control and every time you turn around it gets pushed back and pushed back and i put this right in congress' lap. right now i look at this and if there was no positive tra...

I was reading online this is a new train they are going to operate at a maximum of 79 miles per hour. the interstate commission said that if a train was going to be going 80 miles an hour faster, it needed a special type of signal system. long before a positive train control ever came out. a lot of railroad said we don't need to go 80 miles an hour, we will go 79. there are all sorts of reasons why a train isn't going to go 7, leaving a station, arriving at a station. that train could be moving anywhere from 5 miles an hour to

And that required some -- as you can see in some of the pictures, the traffic situation was horrible. they say the emergency rooms are fully up and running and taking those patients in. let me go back to you, gus, because nbc has learned that these tracks have what is called positive train control. explain for folks who don't know this stuff what is positive train control and what could that tell us about this? >> positive train control was something that the federal government mandated after the 2008 metro link crash in california. basically as far as accidents go, it says that if -- there's ...

We've also been reporting that the mayor of lakewood warned that the high speeds could lead to tragedy. as of four reports come at the train may have struck something with no road crossing or switches, we still have not confirmed that, but that is one of the things being talked about. we should note, this new stretch of track is positive train control, and automated system that slows the train down when they head into curves or dangerous conditions. the ptc has not been activated. it is mandated across the country, the ptc must be operational by the end of next year. when you hear passengers s...