New York Commuter Derailment Highlights Lack of Positive Train Control Investment
Rail infrastructure damage appears to be a result—not a cause—of the Dec. 1 commuter train derailment that killed four and injured many more.
Just days before the first four of seven Metro-North Railroad railcars went off the tracks on a curve by the Hudson River, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had announced a contract with a joint venture of Siemens Rail Automation and Bombardier Transportation Rail Control Solutions to implement positive train control (PTC) that might have prevented the crash.