{"title":"So Much to Do, So Little Time","authors":"J. Sneider","doi":"10.2469/DIG.V43.N1.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2469/DIG.V43.N1.58","url":null,"abstract":"Only three passenger railroads—Amtrak, Metrolink, and Alaska Railroad Corp—are projected to meet the federally mandated December 31, 2015, deadline to implement positive train control (PTC). Funding, evolving technology, negotiations over interoperability with Class Is, the need to acquire the required 220 MHz radio spectrum, and the relatively small number of PTC vendors and service suppliers are the primary challenges. Rail leaders and PTC managers are working to get as much completed as possible by the deadline, but they continue to ask Congress to extend the deadline to 2018. In addition, they are seeking federal funding to cover the estimated $2 billion to implement PTC and the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) review and authorization of the systems. Regardless of what Congress may do, passenger railroad leaders agree with the PTC goal of preventing train-to-train collisions and will continue to try to make headway with their plans with the hope of getting some mechanism of relief. It is expected that many of their concerns, particularly a deadline extension, will be discussed by legislators this year. They realize that additional funding will be a challenge and will continue to make every effort to move ahead.","PeriodicalId":436962,"journal":{"name":"Progressive Railroading","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125774243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to Entry","authors":"Angela Cotey","doi":"10.1787/growth-2009-graph4_13-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/growth-2009-graph4_13-en","url":null,"abstract":"Since passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the U.S. Congress in February 2009, U.S. high-speed rail development has become a very possibility. The Bill included $8 billion for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects, prompting states to secure their share of the funds. This article discusses the planning and financing by states for development of high-speed rail, which is primarily contingent on compliance with a firm set of policies aimed at protecting the current freight-rail infrastructure which is operated by Class I host railroads. A majority of proposals on the table call for upgrading existing track to accommodate passenger trains at speeds between 79 and 110 mph.","PeriodicalId":436962,"journal":{"name":"Progressive Railroading","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121025677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE LONG VIEW","authors":"P. Foran","doi":"10.1002/9781119421900.ch13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119421900.ch13","url":null,"abstract":"Freight car demand has peaked. Deliveries are expected to decline in 1997, drop again in 1998 and could dip again in 1999. The market likely will flatten out, and stay flat, through 2001. The analysis sounds ominous, and yet, car builders strive to keep flat market in historical perspective by looking at the following numbers: 40-45,000 cars for the next couple of years, compared to 11,508 new cars delivered 20 years ago; as recently as 1992, deliveries fell short of 26,000 cars. Not everything about the post-boom freight-car picture is rosy. Consolidation, electric utility deregulation and a less than robust economy continue to breed uncertainty industrywide. The article examines some of the ways car builders are looking past their recent successes and focusing on the big picture of meeting the needs of the customers, as customer success means success for the industry.","PeriodicalId":436962,"journal":{"name":"Progressive Railroading","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133671212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WE'VE COME A LONG WAY","authors":"A. Pozniak","doi":"10.1080/17415349.1994.11012636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17415349.1994.11012636","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":436962,"journal":{"name":"Progressive Railroading","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129852375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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