NEW YORK — Concerned by delays in the installation of positive train control on New York MTA’s two commuter railroads, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer has called for the Federal Railroad Administration to step in and oversee PTC installation on the Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road. “To know that the $1 billion dollar project I […]
Union Pacific’s LOA32 local finishes up its day passing the now-removed Lemon Avenue wig-wag in Anaheim California on July 6, 2018. Charles Freericks ANAHEIM, Calif. – The era of the wig-wag signal in Southern California made a step closer to its conclusion with the removal of Union Pacific’s Lemon Avenue crossing signal in Anaheim in […]
Brown, rusted rails on the lower-level tracks at NJ Transit’s Lindenwold, N.J., station attest to the lack of activity on the commuter railroad’s Atlantic City Line, closed since September 2018. Service will be restored in May, NJ Transit has announced. Ralph Spielman NEWARK, N.J. — The long wait for restoration of service on NJ Transit’s […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration today released a status update regarding railroads’ self-reported progress toward full implementation of positive train control systems as of Dec. 31, 2018. All required railroads either met the Dec. 31, 2018, statutory deadline for fully implementing PTC systems, or submitted requests demonstrating they met or exceeded the statutory criteria […]
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific has installed positive train control equipment on 100 percent of required route miles and implemented the technology on all required passenger train routes. Implementation efforts continue to ensure PTC interoperability with other freight and passenger railroads operating on Union Pacific tracks by 2020, as allowed by federal law. One of […]
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line and Princeton Dinky shuttle rail line will not open until spring, the agency’s executive director says. New Jersey 101.5 radio reports that restoration of the Atlantic City line and the connecting the Northeast Corridor to the Princeton University campus, are being held up because of continuing engineering […]
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – The introduction of positive train control remains very much a work in progress, with all the bugs and growing pains that accompany a new technology. But for all that, PTC has definitely begun demonstrating its ability to avoid accidents. Jim LeVere, BNSF Railway vice president, engineering – signals, telecommunications and network […]
NASHVILLE — Music City Star riders may miss a Friday evening ride after today — all because of positive train control. The Regional Transportation Authority’s board of directors recently announced a new Music City Star schedule recently that eliminates a Friday evening round trip between Nashville and Lebanon, Tenn. The schedule also modifies arrival and […]
A northbound Canadian National stack train passes through Waukesha, Wis., in May 2018. CN announced on Dec. 20 that it has met the Dec. 31 deadline for installation of PTC equipment. TRAINS: David Lassen HOMEWOOD, Ill. — Canadian National has met installation requirements for positive train control equipment and applied for a two-year extension to […]
A string of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority AEM-7 locomotives at Frazer, Pa., before relocation to Morrisville, Pa., and lease work on NJ Transit. Gary Pancavage PHILADELPHIA — Railfans who’ve yet to see AEM-7 locomotives in the wild will get one more chance to do so in the coming weeks as the last of Philadelphia’s operational […]
A Southwest Chief inspection train hosting community leaders pauses at La Junta, Colo, on Aug 4, 2016. A federal grant will pay for the installation of PTC on the Chief’s route between Dodge City, Kan., and Las Animas, Colo., near La Junta. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — In a boost to efforts to maintain the route […]
A CSX K-series unit train passes the signals at CP 79 in Harborcreek, Pa., just before the PTC cut over in March 2018. Stephan M. Koenig WASHINGTON — This was a significant year for many who followed railroads trackside as change was definitely felt and seen all over the U.S. rail network. It was the […]
