From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:05:55 PM UTC-5, dpel...@my-deja.com wrote:   
   > John Albert  wrote:   
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   > > NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern has released a seven-minute video   
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   > > on YouTube this week promoting its installation of positive train control   
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   > > technology.   
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   > > "Norfolk Southern is committed to implementing a   
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   > > positive train control (PTC) system that will strengthen an already safe   
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   > > rail network," the company says on its YouTube page. "However, far too   
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   > > many technological and regulatory barriers exist today, and despite our   
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   > > best efforts, the 2015 deadline for full implementation of PTC will not be   
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   > > met."   
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   > > This was predicted by me in this forum, some years ago when the PTC   
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   > > legislation was first passed by Congress.   
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   > > Of course, one can pass any law one wants, mandating anything one wants,   
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   > > in the time frame that one wants -- as Congress did with PTC.   
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   > > Just pass a law, and it becomes reality, right?   
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   > > 2015: Reality bites.   
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   > > The reality is that PTC remains (as yet) an unreachable goal -- even with   
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   > > deep-pocket railroads like NS that have probably dumped many millions   
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   > > into trying to make something workable. The only problem is that the   
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   > > systems under development just ain't "workable" yet.   
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   > > Prediction:   
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   > > 1. Deadline in 2015 will come and go without PTC implementation   
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   > > 2. FRA will make a lot of noise, then go quiet on the subject   
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   > > 3. Congress will pass additional legislation extending the deadline for   
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   > > PTC implementation. I predict somewhere between 2022 and 2025...   
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   > > .... if it can eventually be made workable at all...   
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   > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gdjuKx6aYM&feature=player_em   
   edded&list=UUFyf_43M-VpQ2-TJs220TEw   
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   > PTC is currently live on several BNSF subdivisions, basically the same   
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   > system that all the freight roads are adopting. It's expensive and only   
      
   BNSF has upgraded the signals on the line that runs Metra service and is hand   
   digging cable trenches around CUS. Given the age of CUS railyard, its not wise   
   to use mechanical trenchers with all the unknown buried utilities.   
      
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