Article: SENATE APPROVES FEINSTEIN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING REQUESTS, INCLUDING $50 MILLION FOR COMMUTER RAIL SAFETY

Article: PTC Is FRA pushing too hard?(the railroads continue work on the ...
Railway Age;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... significant strides toward interoperable Positive Train Control, questions remain as to whether the FRA ... industry to develop its next generation train control technology known as Positive Train Control (PTC). The bad news is that it is unclear ...

Article: Why PTC matters more than ever: the stars are aligned for a new ...
Railway Age;  May 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... ETMS and folded into OTC (Optimized Train Control). BNSF led the way with ETMS, which ... Global Signaling's ITCS (Incremental Train Control System), which by later this summer ... initiative, called ITC (Interoperable Train Control). The supplier counterpart of ITC ...

Article: Illinois train control work.(Department of ...
Railway Track and Structures;  August 1, 2000 ;     558 words ... ... awarded a $34-million contract to a team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. for the development and deployment of a Positive Train Control System on a 120-mile segment of the Chicago-to-St. Louis high-speed rail corridor. DOT also awarded ...

Article: Westinghouse Air Brake Company Awarded Contract to Develop ...
PR Newswire;  December 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... develop a prototype of the Positive Train Control (PTC) On-Board Platform ... and CSX (NYSE: CSX). Positive Train Control (PTC) is part of the industry ... Train Separation (PTS), Positive Train Control (PTC) and Cab Signals ...

Article: FRA Issues NPRM on Technology to Prevent Train Collisions; New ...
M2 Presswire;  July 17, 2009 ;     693 words ... ... New Rules Support Use of Positive Train Control(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... collisions through the use of Positive Train Control. The Notice of Proposed ... prescribes how railroads must use Positive Train Control systems to prevent train ...

Transcript: FRA ISSUES NPRM ON TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT TRAIN COLLISIONS NEW ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 16, 2009 ;     519 words ... ... to prevent train collisions through the use of Positive Train Control. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) prescribes how railroads must use Positive Train Control systems to prevent train-to-train collisions ...

Article: Is PTC worth $859 million? (positive train ...
Railway Age;  August 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... necessary or not, some form of positive train control system is going to be applied ... U.S. rail system. "Positive train control," or "PTC," is the ... concluded, the benefits of positive train control do not presently justify ...