• PTC vs. older automatic train stop

    From hancock4@hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to misc.transport.rail.americas on Fri Jul 6 14:47:14 2018
    There is now a big push to finish installing Positive Train Control
    passenger routes.

    But what was wrong with the older technology would that automatically
    stop a train if it passed a red signal or exceeded the speed limit
    (per signal) for a block?

    It seems the old system did everything we would want:
    detailed article describing it here: https://books.google.com/books?id=0SADAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&dq=popular%20science%20july%201951&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false

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  • From JG@jgrove24@hotmail.com to misc.transport.rail.americas on Sat Jul 7 12:51:23 2018
    On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 4:47:15 PM UTC-5, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
    There is now a big push to finish installing Positive Train Control
    passenger routes.

    But what was wrong with the older technology would that automatically
    stop a train if it passed a red signal or exceeded the speed limit
    (per signal) for a block?

    It seems the old system did everything we would want:
    detailed article describing it here: https://books.google.com/books?id=0SADAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&dq=popular%20science%20july%201951&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false

    PTC is pushed by the Big Signal mafia....Siemens et. al...
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