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February 3, 2016

Big freight railroads to miss safety deadline

  • The technology is supposed to be installed by 2018 to slow or stop trains that are in danger of colliding, derailing or entering track that is off limits.
    • By JOAN LOWY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won't meet a 2018 deadline to start using safety technology intended to prevent accidents like the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia last May.

    Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern say they won't be ready until 2020, according to a list provided to The Associated Press by the Federal Railroad Administration. Four commuter railroads — SunRail in Florida, Metra in Illinois, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Trinity Railway Express in Texas — also say they'll miss the deadline.


     
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