System which could absorb automatically applied the train’s brakes in Seattle-area incident is unlikely to be ready until next spring,officials sayThe rush to launch service on a current, faster Amtrak route near Seattle came at a deadly cost: none of the critical speed-control technology that could absorb prevented a derailment was active before the train set off on its maiden voyage.
Work to install the sophisticated, and GPS-based technology known as positive train control isn’t expected to be completed on the newly opened 15-mile span where the train derailed until next spring,according to Sound Transit, the public agency that owns the tracks. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk