...to pass the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA 2008) the following month, mandating that railroads transporting both passengers and any toxic by inhalation (TIH) chemicals install Positive Train Control (PTC) systems on their tracks. PTC automatically tracks a...
Just when American railroads were perhaps starting to breathe a bit easier about the December 31st, 2015 Positive Train Control (PTC) deadline account the seeming agreement in the House of Representatives about extending the deadline to 2018 under a pending...
...PTC, control systems on their networks. PTC is a control system that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) data combined with both onboard and trackside control and communications systems to provide “fail-safe” control over train movements. Congress mandated the national installation...
...28: FRA begins data collection in support of new PTC deadline. When Congress extended the Positive Train Control (PTC) deadline to 2018, the compromise included greater federal monitoring of railroads’ progress towards completion. To support this monitoring, FRA proposes collecting...
If made law, under House Bill HR 3651 trains carrying passengers and or certain hazardous materials will be able to operate as is as the current PTC deadline is extended from December 31st 2015 to December 31st 2018. Here a...
The FRA announced further grant opportunities related to the Positive Train Control (PTC) mandate. The safety system must be installed by railroads by the end of this year. A BNSF train led by engine 5200 operates through Auburn, Washington on...
The FRA published a proposal to revise its quarterly PTC progress reporting form. In a St. Patrick’s Day appearance from last year, a bright green BNSF engine leads a train through Tacoma, Washington. Image © 3/2019 by Nikki Burgess; all...
...(PTC) as quickly and safely as possible, according to the agency. The update also highlights the Obama Administration’s repeated calls for Congress to provide more significant funding to assist commuter railroads in implementing PTC. “Positive Train Control should be installed...
...a proposed revision to its quarterly process for collecting information about the effort by railroads to install Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment aboard trains. The “PTC Mandate” deadline is this December 31st, so the effort is in high gear. FRA...
The FRA published an ICR related to PTC Safety Reporting requirements. PTC helps keep movements like this BNSF maintenance of way train safe. Image ©11/2021 by Nikki Burgess; all rights reserved. Mid-November is here—where is the autumn going? Most areas...