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PTC Annual Report for 2015: CSX

Pursuant to 49 USC 20157(c)(1)1 and 49 CFR §236.1009(a)(5)2 of the Positive Train Control Systems; Final Rule as amended (Final Rule), CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) submits this annual progress report to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in regard to the revised CSXT Positive Train...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: Conrail Shared Assets Organization

Conrail Shared Assets has completed the installation and in-service of the PTC field equipment. All WIUs are currently reporting signal status to the WSRS. The WSRS is in service and operating. There are currently 5 operational base stations in PTC service under a temporary license through the LLC...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: Central Florida Rail Corridor

In early to mid-2015, CFRC was exploring implementing E-ATC for PTC since E-ATC was being implemented by other commuter rail systems. An open design-build procurement for both E-ATC and I-ETMS was issued in September 2015 but was cancelled because E-ATC was no longer a viable option. Discussions...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: BNSF Railway

At its maximum BNSF had 19 subdivisions in Revenue Service Demonstration during 2015. In September 2015 BNSF contracted that number down to 6 subdivisions in order to perform a detailed Reliability Study and Root Cause Analysis for the most impactful issues to operating with PTC. As BNSF and its...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: Alaska Railroad

AKRR finished the installation of I‐ETMS on the entire AKRR locomotive and cab car fleet of 54 units by July 2015. Freight train brake algorithm testing in the field was accomplished in May 2015 after AKRR completed all of the field validation and verification of Anchorage to Seward and Whittier...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: Amtrak

Amtrak implemented its ACSES system on the NEC between New Rochelle, NY and Washington, DC in 2015. Amtrak had previously completed its PTC implementation on the Michigan Line between Porter, IN and Kalamazoo, MI. Radio Spectrum was purchased for the NEC, Harrisburg Line, Springfield Line and...