by Sir Ray
This is just a blurb I saw on usenet - figure I'd post a snippet, and hopefully others with more knowledge can fill in some blanks about the FRA's excitment.
First, for those will real info - there's no wiki entry on Positive Train Control, so here's your chance for Web 2.0 immortality.
Second - if fully adopted across the NA rail network, could this be used to force the FRA to reinstate realistic crush-loads on Passenger equipment sharing tracks with Freight?
Monday, January 08, 2007 (Washington, DC)Two things
Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman today announced approval of the first Positive Train Control (PTC) system capable of automatically controlling train speed and movements to prevent certain accidents, including train collisions.
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Specifically, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approved the BNSF Railway's Product Safety Plan for its Electronic Train
Management System (ETMS), an overlay technology that augments and
supplements existing train control methods. Boardman explained that
ETMS employs both digital communications and a global positioning
system to monitor train location and speed within track authority
limits to prevent certain types of accidents, including train
collisions.
First, for those will real info - there's no wiki entry on Positive Train Control, so here's your chance for Web 2.0 immortality.
Second - if fully adopted across the NA rail network, could this be used to force the FRA to reinstate realistic crush-loads on Passenger equipment sharing tracks with Freight?