Written by Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; November 21, 2017
Union Pacific (UP) gave an update on its progress toward implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) and also announced plans to increase track speeds in southwest Minnesota following completion of a project.
UP says progress PTC made in the third quarter of 2017 includes the preparation of 31 additional track segments for PTC operations by equipping them with wayside devices (signals, switches and radios) and defining GPS coordinates, which identify thousands of precise locations for systemwide PTC coordination. This brings the total number of track segments to 135 or 73 percent complete, a 17 percent increase from the Class 1’s second quarter progress report.
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