Re: PTC
Author: Goatboat
Date: 01-16-2018 - 12:14
tundraboomer Wrote:
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> Blah, blah, blah, blah…another armchair expert
> claiming to understand all the nuances of
> railroading and its safety procedures and systems.
> Seems like the media wants to continue to distort
> NTSB statements to perpetuate the notion that
> railroads are unsafe without PTC, and that nobody
> is working on getting PTC deployed. Nothing could
> be farther from the truth.
The thing none of these guys have bothered to report is that PTC is in service on BNSF's Seattle Sub between Portland and Seattle. BNSF and UP freight trains use it. Amtrak trains do not.