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    Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail...
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  • Positive control may refer to: Positive control group in scientific experiments Positive control, the air traffic control practice of controlling aircraft...
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    Automatic train control (ATC) is a general class of train protection systems for railways that involves a speed control mechanism in response to external...
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  • Positive Train control is a type of automatic train protection system that prevents train-to-train collision, over speeding and unauthorized train movements...
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    became the first mainline steam locomotive to be equipped with the positive train control (PTC) system in 2021. The Big Boy class was developed by Union Pacific...
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    European Train Control System (ETCS) Kavach Positive Train Control (PTC) Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB) Train Protection & Warning System Train Warning...
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    Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for traffic...
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    Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a form of railway signalling that originated in North America. CTC consolidates train routing decisions that were...
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    and train operating cabs, and to reiterate its calls for positive train control, which had been on the Board's Wanted List since 1990. Positive train control...
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    train's equipment malfunctions.[obsolete source] More advanced safety systems, such as positive train control, can also automatically regulate train speed...
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    their system. By the year 2020, Metra completed installation of the Positive Train Control. This came at a capital cost of $400 million and an annual operating...
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    The European Train Control System (ETCS) is a train protection system designed to replace the many incompatible systems used by European railways, and...
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    Cab signalling (redirect from Cab Controls)
    United States Federal Railroad Administration (February 20, 2009). "Positive Train Control Overview". Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved...
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    Lacey and Tacoma. The train was running about 30 minutes behind schedule. Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson said that positive train control was not active on the...
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    awareness. Positive train control (PTC) is a federal government mandated technology which improves railroad safety by maintaining separation between trains and...
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    modern Russian train control systems. The abbreviation "КЛУБ" stands for "Комплексное локомотивное устройство безопасности", Integrated Train Protection System...
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    requirement of positive train control for operations above 79 mph, locomotives on the Wolverine are required to have Positive Train Control, supplied by...
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    Following the 2008 Chatsworth train collision in California, a federal law was enacted requiring positive train control (PTC) to be implemented nationwide...
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    signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate...
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  • The Chinese Train Control System (CTCS, Chinese: 中国列车控制系统) is a train control system used on railway lines in People's Republic of China. CTCS is similar...
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    said it was likely that the accident would have been prevented had positive train control (PTC) been installed per a prior federal mandate requiring its installation...
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  • Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) is a North American system of railroad equipment designed to ensure safety by monitoring locomotive and train locations...
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  • include: Dark territory Positive train control Railroad Safety Appliance Act Category:Runaway train disasters "Runaway Indian train travels 70km without...
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  • avoidance (spacecraft) Collision avoidance system in automobiles Positive train control Tower Crane Anti-Collision Systems Contention (telecommunications)...
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    situational awareness, and said that it would have been prevented by positive train control, a computerized speed-limiting system that was operational elsewhere...
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    signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional and urban trains along with trams. The company and its name (originally spelled Alsthom)...
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  • enhancement designed to work in both signaled and dark territory is Positive Train Control (PTC). This system is an overlay on the conventional methods of...
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    Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project that added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter...
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  • The original NTSB list used the term "Positive Train Separation," which was revised to "Positive Train Control Systems" in 1991. "Obama signs short-term...
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    to make it more suitable for long-distance service: additional positive train control systems for nationwide service, a larger 2,200-U.S.-gallon (8,300 L)...
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