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Avoiding Collisions with Positive Train Control

Avoiding Collisions with Positive Train Control
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POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL RESOURCES:

Positive Train Control FAQ
Steve Ditmeyer is one the world's foremost PTC experts. His PTC FAQ provides compelling evidence that Chatsworth and many other train accidents before it were avoidable.

BN Execs Anguished over PTC Expense
This 1991 Harvard Business School study on PTC shows how conflicted Burlington Northern executives were in spending $350 million for the 2,700-mile PTC rollout. Click here for a link to HBS website if you wish to order the case for a nominal fee.

Amtrak BN PTC Brochure
Burlington Northern and Amtrak were close enough to implementing PTC on the Minneapolis to Seattle route that they co-produced a brochure. The 2,700-mile route is one the busiest in the nation.

Federal Railroad Administration Studies PTC in 2004
This Zeta Tech report concludes up-front PTC costs would be high, but payback would be rapid.

A "Unified Theory of Railroading"
Steve Ditmeyer's paper updated last December about "Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)," an architecture comprised of "32 technologies, programs and systems." ITS also works for mass transit and highways.

Union Switch & Signal's Alaska Railroad PTC Project
Ansaldo STS-US&S has a contract to provide the Alaska Railroad with a Vital PTC implementation.

Lockheed Martin PTC
Lockheed Martin has entered the PTC market with a "vital" PTC system.
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