Positive Train Control systems are designed to “prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zones and movements of trains through switches left in ...

Imagine a future where autonomous freight trains in North America operate across long distances. This future is one the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board's report urged the Federal Railroad Administration and the industry to keep developing new technology that can be used to improve Positive Train Control ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has said more than 150 train crashes since 1969 could have been prevented by Positive Train Control.

Amtrak Downeaster to get $50M high-tech control system to improve safety Photo / Courtesy, Amtrak A crew member works on a positive train control system in the Amtrak system.

Metrolink quietly rolled out a train Monday morning equipped with “positive train control,” which lets dispatchers halt engines remotely if they speed or blow through stop signals. A second ...

This past weekend, there was another fatal crash involving a passenger train. It was the third since December. As the investigation got started, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board ...

Positive train control, or PTC, can automatically slow down and stop a train if it senses the locomotive is going too fast or could get into an accident.

The National Transportation Safety Board has said more than 150 train crashes since 1969 could have been prevented by Positive Train Control. The agency had recommended the automatic braking ...