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Re: Will PTC allow more operational flexibility? No.
Author: Margaret (SP fan)
Date: 05-08-2017 - 12:20
From what I have been hearing while listening
to an LA area feed on railroadradio.net, PTC
is not working well at all. I have too often heard
crews talking about getting "red hash marks" on
their PTC computer screens, instead of the data
they should be getting.
The latest PTC problem I heard was yesterday (Sun.,
May 8, 2017), when an engineer told the UP's PTC Help
Desk that his PTC display showed that his train was
2 miles away from where it actually was -- AND going in
the OPPOSITE direction that his train was actually going
in!! He had to get permission from the dispatcher to
turn off the PTC and operate without PTC.
I wish railroadradio.net had an Archive that we
could listen to, as broadcastify does, because then
I could post a link to that conversation. Please note:
you have to pay for a Premium Membership to access
their Archives. This is well worth the money -- $15
for a 180-day Premium Membership, and $30 for a
360-day Premium Membership.
No, PTC will not allow operational flexibility. It is so
new that it cannot even work reliably. PTC is far, far from
being a mature technology, and until it becomes a mature
technology, it will continue to cause problems for the crews
and the railroads. (I do not know how any railroad can stay
fluid with PTC enabled.)
to an LA area feed on railroadradio.net, PTC
is not working well at all. I have too often heard
crews talking about getting "red hash marks" on
their PTC computer screens, instead of the data
they should be getting.
The latest PTC problem I heard was yesterday (Sun.,
May 8, 2017), when an engineer told the UP's PTC Help
Desk that his PTC display showed that his train was
2 miles away from where it actually was -- AND going in
the OPPOSITE direction that his train was actually going
in!! He had to get permission from the dispatcher to
turn off the PTC and operate without PTC.
I wish railroadradio.net had an Archive that we
could listen to, as broadcastify does, because then
I could post a link to that conversation. Please note:
you have to pay for a Premium Membership to access
their Archives. This is well worth the money -- $15
for a 180-day Premium Membership, and $30 for a
360-day Premium Membership.
No, PTC will not allow operational flexibility. It is so
new that it cannot even work reliably. PTC is far, far from
being a mature technology, and until it becomes a mature
technology, it will continue to cause problems for the crews
and the railroads. (I do not know how any railroad can stay
fluid with PTC enabled.)
