FRA hosts positive train control meeting

By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Tanya Snyder, Lauren Gardner and Brianna Gurciullo, Politico Morning Transportation; June 15, 2018 A…

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BNSF seeks PTC deadline extension due to interoperability delays

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; June 14, 2018 BNSF Railway Co. has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation for a two-year…

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FRA’s Dirty Dozen

By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Tanya Snyder, Lauren Gardner and Brianna Gurciullo, Politico Morning Transportation; May 17, 2018 DIRTY…

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FRA Issues $250 Million Notice of Funding Opportunity for PTC Projects

May 15, 2018FRA Public [email protected] 2018 PTC Q1 data released shows railroads continue to make progress implementing PTC systems WASHINGTON—The…

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New Jersey Transit to cancel some trains to catch up on required PTC safety system

By Curtis Tate, Staff Writer, NorthJersey.com; May 3, 2018 Facing increasing difficulty meeting a year-end deadline to install a collision-avoidance…

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FRA holding PTC meetings with railroads, suppliers

By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; March 20, 2018 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) leadership is stepping up its role in…

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Lawmakers: Penalize railroads that don’t hit safety deadline

By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press, The Washington Post; March 1, 2018 The mother of a woman killed when…

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New Jersey Transit ‘most at risk’ of missing safety deadline, which could end your commute to New York City

By Jonathan D. Salant, NJ.com; March 1, 2018 WASHINGTON — New Jersey Transit is one of the two northeast commuter railroads…

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An infrastructure windfall approaches and PTC news

By LAUREN GARDNER, With help from Tanya Snyder and Stephanie Beasley, Politico Morning Transportation; March 2, 2018 A ‘YUGE’ DOWN…

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PTC: Ignore the circus. Here’s what’s really going on

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 16, 2018 The railroad industry is making steady progress implementing Positive…

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Utah: Pleasant View FrontRunner station closing in August due to new safety rules

By Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner; February 17, 2018 PLEASANT VIEW — FrontRunner commuter rail service to Pleasant View, with the lowest…

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Metro-North safe from Amtrak positive train control threats

By Matt Coyne, lohud.com; February 16, 2018 Attention Metro-North riders: Have no fear about Amtrak’s threats here. The national railroad’s…

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New Jersey Transit trains could be banned from tunnels to New York City at end of year

By Jonathan D. Salant, NJ.com; February 15, 2018 WASHINGTON — NJ Transit trains could be kept out of the Hudson River tunnels…

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New Jersey Transit to Add Train Cars in Bid to Ease Chronic Overcrowding

By Elise Young, Bloomberg, February 15, 2018 New Jersey Transit is adding 40 train cars to relieve chronic crowding at…

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Railroad officials tell Congress many won’t meet deadline for lifesaving automatic braking systems

By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post; February 15, 2018 A decade after Congress ordered the nation’s railroads to install…

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Amtrak threatens service cut on tracks lacking speed control

From The Tampa Bay Times; February 15, 2018 Amtrak’s president and CEO says the railroad will consider suspending service on…

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Testing, Cost Among Reasons For Slow Arrival Of ‘Positive Train Control’ Technology

By Mark Rumsey, WFAE 90.7; Februry 6, 2018 It’s been about a decade since Congress passed a law mandating that…

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Safety upgrades for Positive Train Control may be to blame for deadly Amtrak crash

By Danielle Furfaro, Reuven Fenton and Max Jaeger, New York Post; February 5, 2018 Safety upgrades may have actually contributed…

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The Daily CSX – CSX: A mighty fine line, but …

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 5, 2018 CSX is a mighty fine line, with an…

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New Jersey Transit’s Engines Parked as Train-Control Software Won’t Work

By Elise Young, Bloomberg; January 23, 2018 New Jersey Transit’s race to fulfill a federal mandate for emergency train-braking has…

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Four factors that led to the deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington State

By Jeff Davis, Opinion Contributor, The Hill; January 4, 2018 The fatal Amtrak Cascades derailment in Washington State between Tacoma…

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U.S. says Washington state Amtrak derailment damage topped $40 million

By David Shepardson, Reuters; January 4, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The damage from a deadly Amtrak train crash in Washington…

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USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao calls on railroads to speed up Positive Train Control implementation

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 3, 2018 U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is urging Class Is, intercity passenger railroads and…

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Train derailment near Olympia: Officials pushed ‘aggressive’ timeline before safety technology was ready

By Mike Baker, Christine Willmsen and Mike Lindblom, Staff Writers, Seattle Times; December 19, 2017 The corridor where an Amtrak…

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