Originally Posted by
Randyk47
No problem. Indeed it appears they’ve spent a lot of money on the old route.
Not enough for PTC? Or was it installed but not in use?
In a conference call with reporters, Amtrak President and Co-CEO Richard Anderson said “Positive Train Control” was not activated on the tracks at the time of the derailment. Positive Train Control is a technology that automatically slows down, and eventually stops, a train if it senses the train is going too fast and could derail or get in an accident.
(Wick's probably glad he only has 13 days left....)