Route Fifty: All nine railroads once considered “at-risk” of missing key deadlines for implementing a legally required safety measure, positive train control, have installed the necessary equipment, according to the Association of American Railroads.
Positive train control communications systems slow or stop trains to prevent collisions, overspeed derailments, work zone incursions, and going through wrongly positioned switches. Installing the equipment is the first step toward actually using the PTC systems to avert life-threatening crashes.
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