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DutchRailnut wrote:seeking permission does not mean they will get it.The only reason to not get permission from the FRA will be political football between the administration and some Democratic leaning states. If politics does not come into this, they will get it. It will be last moment and "temporary" and will get extended a few times, but on cost benefit basis they will get it and it will be renewed as long as we have no major accident on any of those non-PTC segments. Anything like the Cascades wreck will put an end to it, but as long as those are avoided the permission will be given.
Ken W2KB wrote:Continuing operation "strategies" might include the bus substitutions. This statement does not expressly state that the operation will be all rail.Ding ding ding. It also doesn’t say whether such non-PTC segments will be at speed if operated by train, or if Amtrak will only operate at restricted speed only.
JimBoylan wrote: The answer to the original question is in the next paragraph. It still doesn't say that Cab Signals are the only way to go.While I used cab signals (since it a major part of the ATC and ATS system and it commonly lumped together,particularly since a lot of Amtrak equipment no longer has a separate cut out for train control and speed control) as an example, your post is largely irrelevant.
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 236.0(d)(2) On and after December 31, 2015, where any train is permitted to operate at a speed of 80 or more miles per hour, a PTC system complying with the provisions of subpart I shall be installed and operational, unless FRA approval to continue to operate with an automatic cab signal, automatic train stop, or automatic train control system complying with the provisions of this part has been justified to, and approved by, the Associate Administrator.