PTC timeline: How did we get here?
Metra commuter and Norfolk Southern freight trains meet at tower A2 northwest of Union Station. Steve Sweeney Trains tracks the…
Read moreMetra commuter and Norfolk Southern freight trains meet at tower A2 northwest of Union Station. Steve Sweeney Trains tracks the…
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Cummins QSK95 test locomotive No. 1919 uses Selective Catalytic Reduction aftertreatment of its exhaust. The system is located in the…
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Home for the heaviest rebuild, repair, and repaint work on the Norfolk Southern system is the sprawling former Pennsylvania Railroad…
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A southbound ‘Acela’ races across a stretch of positive train control trackage on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor at Perryville, Md., on…
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Confidential Close Call reporting basics A New Jersey Transit train zips northward from Atlantic City to New York’s Penn Station…
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Positive Train Control Tick, tock. U.S. railroads have collectively spent decades and billions of dollars on positive train control research.…
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Intelligent Grade Crossings will warn motorists and trains that approach is imminent. Federal Railroad Administration Train crews and motorists may…
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Northbound CSX Transportation aggregates train K944 is seen meeting intermodal train Q145 at Opelika, Ala., in 2010. Class I railroads…
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A Canadian National train heads north through Wisconsin over a bridge in 2015. Regardless of the location or railroad, bridges…
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Horns are typically placed near the middle of the locomotive to minimize noise to the crew. New Canadian National ET44AC…
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Auxiliary power units can be installed in a variety of locations, but are typically installed in the rear of the…
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Northshore Mining SD40 No. 651 leads a quartet of locomotives and iron ore near Toimi, Minn., in December 2010. Cold…
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