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Article on Metrolink adding BNSF Locomotives
Author: J
Date: 12-17-2015 - 07:12

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Second locomotives will likely start being added to all Metrolink commuter trains this week or next as a safety precaution in the wake of February's deadly crash in Oxnard, Metrolink officials said Wednesday.

The rail agency's board in October approved a $23.9 million agreement to lease 40 locomotives for one year from Texas-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.

Before they could be put into service in Ventura and five other Southern California counties, the locomotives had to be made compatible with Metrolink's positive train control system, which uses global positioning technology to override manual control of the trains to prevent collisions with other trains.

That has now been completed and the locomotives are set to start being added to the trains as soon as one more test, which was scheduled for Wednesday night, is successfully completed, Metrolink spokeswoman Sherita Coffelt said.

Ventura County Star

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