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FRA releases latest PTC data for second quarter of 2018 NEWSWIRE

By | August 23, 2018

A partial screen image capture from the Federal Railroad Administration’s quarterly update on railroads’ progress implementing positive train control. Federal Railroad Administration website WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today released the 2018 Quarter 2 status update on railroads’ self-reported progress toward implementing positive train control systems. The latest data, current […]

Odd-looking signal

By | June 15, 2018

This odd-looking signal serves to warn motorists. Sherman Cahal Q What can you tell me about this signal? – Carl Lehman, San Antonio A The photo was taken along the Baltimore & Ohio’s line in Greenfield, Ohio, and faces Baltimore Avenue, which runs parallel to the tracks through the city. The single top light will […]

Friends of the 261 offer steam excursion to fund PTC equipment NEWSWIRE

By Steve Glischinski | March 4, 2018

No. 261 crosses the Kettle River at Sandstone, Minn., on a June 2016 excursion. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Friends of the 261 will operate a steam excursion from Minneapolis to Duluth over BNSF Railway June 9-10, 2018, to raise funds for the installation of the positive train control system on Milwaukee Road steam locomotive […]

UPDATE: Amtrak CEO says passenger trains will not run over track without PTC or PTC waiver NEWSWIRE

By Bob Johnston | February 15, 2018

Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson Amtrak WASHINGTON — If railroads that host Amtrak passenger trains fail to meet Congress’ statutory requirement to have positive train control installed Dec. 31, 2018, Amtrak’s president says the company will drop service on lines that don’t comply. The move would significantly disrupt passenger service on virtually every Amtrak route in […]

Ahead of the rest

By Al DiCenso | February 6, 2018

A southbound ‘Acela’ races across a stretch of positive train control trackage on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor at Perryville, Md., on June 5, 2011. Michael T. Burkhart This story first appeared in the October 2011 issue of Trains Magazine. The Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System highlighted here was not active at the time of the of […]

Positive Train Control: Beyond the basics

By Steve Sweeney | February 6, 2018

Positive Train Control Tick, tock. U.S. railroads have collectively spent decades and billions of dollars on positive train control research. Tick. Public outcry after a 2008 commuter crash that killed 25 people — a crash that a Federal safety panel says PTC could have prevented — pushed Congress to act. Tock. With a Congressional deadline […]

Where the steel hits the road

By Eric Powell | February 6, 2018

Intelligent Grade Crossings will warn motorists and trains that approach is imminent. Federal Railroad Administration Train crews and motorists may have the ability to “see” one another earlier than ever thanks to “Intelligent Grade Crossings” currently under development through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Research and Development Office. Since the dawn of railroading, one of the […]

Thorely Miniatures signal-box kit

By Marc Horovitz | April 21, 2017

Marc Horovitz Large scale signal-box kit Thorley Miniatures Penllain, Rhydcymerau Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire SA19 7RP United Kingdom Price: £39.99 + s&h Website: www.thorleyminiatures.com Thorleys End Signal Box; suitable for 16mm, 1:20.3, 1:22.5, and 1:24 scales; all-resin kit; instructions and window glazing included; extra details and color guide included. Dimensions of finished model (not including steps): 8 […]

CN completes CTC on former Missabe Road main line NEWSWIRE

By Steve Glischinski | March 27, 2017

An ore train passes old and new signals on Canadian National’s Missabe Sub in September 2016. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – Canadian National has activated centralized traffic control signaling on the last portion of its former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Missabe Subdivision main line. CTC has now been activated over the 6-mile stretch between […]

Last rotating Griswold signal mechanism removed NEWSWIRE

By Nick Benson | November 4, 2016

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A Griswold mechanical stop signal in Minneapolis. Nick Benson MINNEAPOLIS — The last mechanically operable stop signs on a Griswold crossing signal were removed in late October, having protected a BNSF Railway grade crossing in northeast Minneapolis, just 2.5 miles from where they were manufactured by the Griswold Signal Company. While the stop signs are […]

VIDEO: Connecticut becomes first New England state with grade crossing horns NEWSWIRE

By | October 26, 2016

MERIDEN, Conn. — On Monday, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced that Connecticut would become the first state in New England to install automated horn systems, commonly known as wayside horns, at various rail at-grade crossings. Installed as part of the department’s noise mitigation efforts along the CTrail Hartford Line, the first horn became operational […]

B&O’s Keyser tower

By | October 18, 2016

The former Baltimore & Ohio tower at Keyser, W.Va., seen here in 2004 under CSX ownership, was a classic “armstrong” mechanical interlocking plant. The pipes travel along the tracks, where levers and cranks transfer the motion to switches, locks, and derails. Concrete pedestals support the pipe lines and other hardware. Historic American Engineering Record photo […]

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FRA releases latest PTC data for second quarter of 2018 NEWSWIRE

Odd-looking signal

Friends of the 261 offer steam excursion to fund PTC equipment NEWSWIRE

UPDATE: Amtrak CEO says passenger trains will not run over track without PTC or PTC waiver NEWSWIRE

Ahead of the rest

Positive Train Control: Beyond the basics

Where the steel hits the road

Thorely Miniatures signal-box kit

CN completes CTC on former Missabe Road main line NEWSWIRE

Last rotating Griswold signal mechanism removed NEWSWIRE

VIDEO: Connecticut becomes first New England state with grade crossing horns NEWSWIRE

B&O’s Keyser tower

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