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FRA approves PTC overlay

By Julian Wolinsky 2007-02-01T11:00:00

ON JANUARY 8 the US Federal Railroad Administration formally approved the implementation of Positive Train Control on BNSF, the first such application to receive full clearance. Developed by Wabtec, the Electronic Train Management System is ’an overlay technology that augments and supplements existing train control methods’. ETMS sends vital ...

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