Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail...
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Positive control may refer to: Positive control group in scientific experiments Positive control, the air traffic control practice of controlling aircraft...
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to design and install Communications-Based Overlay Signal System Positive Train Control (CBOSS PTC) as part of the Caltrain Modernization Program. While...
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Automatic train control (ATC) is a general class of train protection systems for railways that involves a speed control mechanism in response to external...
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Union Pacific 4014 (section Positive train control)
became the first mainline steam locomotive to be equipped with the positive train control (PTC) system in 2021. The Big Boy class was developed by Union Pacific...
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European Train Control System (ETCS) Kavach Positive Train Control (PTC) Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB) Train Protection & Warning System Train Warning...
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situational awareness, and said that it would have been prevented by positive train control, a computerized speed-limiting system that was operational elsewhere...
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Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a form of railway signalling that originated in North America. CTC consolidates train routing decisions that were...
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Metra (section Positive train control)
their system. By the year 2020, Metra completed installation of the Positive Train Control. This came at a capital cost of $400 million and an annual operating...
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SunRail (section Positive train control technology)
awareness. Positive train control (PTC) is a federal government mandated technology which improves railroad safety by maintaining separation between trains and...
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Positive Train control is a type of automatic train protection system that prevents train-to-train collision, over speeding and unauthorized train movements...
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Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for traffic...
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and train operating cabs, and to reiterate its calls for positive train control, which had been on the Board's Wanted List since 1990. Positive train control...
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Green Line (MBTA) (section Positive train control)
Safety Board recommended that the Green Line be outfitted with positive train control to prevent collisions as part of its various crash investigations...
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train's equipment malfunctions.[obsolete source] More advanced safety systems, such as positive train control, can also automatically regulate train speed...
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Lacey and Tacoma. The train was running about 30 minutes behind schedule. Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson said that positive train control was not active on the...
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The Chinese Train Control System (CTCS, Chinese: 中国列车控制系统) is a train control system used on railway lines in People's Republic of China. CTCS is similar...
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Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (redirect from SMART train)
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) gave the final approval for the positive train control (PTC) system. The southern two miles (3.2 km) of the line was completed...
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Dead man's switch Linienzugbeeinflussung Platform screen doors Positive Train Control Train speed optimization Trap point Vehicle blind spot Glover, John...
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modern Russian train control systems. The abbreviation "КЛУБ" stands for "Комплексное локомотивное устройство безопасности", Integrated Train Protection System...
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Lac-Mégantic rail disaster (redirect from Quebec oil train crash)
nearly $47 million/year in lobbying to delay safety measures such as positive train control. The Environmental Petitions process of the federal Commissioner...
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Cab signalling (redirect from Cab Controls)
United States Federal Railroad Administration (20 February 2009). "Positive Train Control Overview". Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved...
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enhancement designed to work in both signaled and dark territory is Positive Train Control (PTC). This system is an overlay on the conventional methods of...
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requirement of positive train control for operations above 79 mph, locomotives on the Wolverine are required to have Positive Train Control, supplied by...
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avoidance (spacecraft) Collision avoidance system in automobiles Positive train control Tower Crane Anti-Collision Systems Collison avoidance requires the...
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The European Train Control System (ETCS) is a train protection system designed to replace the many incompatible systems used by European railways, and...
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implementing Safetran's Vital Interface Unit (VIUs) to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) along the two lines which span Long Island as part of a consortium...
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Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter...
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December 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment (redirect from 2013 Bronx train derailment)
said it was likely that the accident would have been prevented had positive train control (PTC) been installed per a prior federal mandate requiring its installation...
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Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) is a North American system of railroad equipment designed to ensure safety by monitoring locomotive and train locations...
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