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August 19, 2016

Railroads have been slow to install key safety measures that automatically prevent crashes

  • The NTSB says the technology, called positive train control, could have prevented 145 accidents over the past 40 years.
  • By JOAN LOWY
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Patrick Semansky [enlarge]
    PTC could have prevented the derailment of this speeding Amtrak train last year in Philadelphia. Eight people were killed and over 200 injured.

    WASHINGTON — Many commuter and freight railroads have made little progress installing safety technology designed to prevent deadly collisions and derailments despite a mandate from Congress, according to a government report released Wednesday.


     
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