Vijay Vyas holds a photograph of his late son Atul Vyas, 20, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, in Simi Valley, Calif., who died in a commuter train crash on Friday. Federal investigators worked Sunday to unravel what caused the collision of a train with a freight locomotive that killed at least 25 people, urging caution as a transit company blamed its own engineer for the horrific accident. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
There is no sense to place technology on any rail services today, unless, the USA doesn't care about the potential of rebuilding. They need to be replaced with a national project to build "High Speed Magnetic Rail (click here)." With the replacement of the current passenger train infrastructure there will be new technology that will not only create a booming economy for some time, but, also provide a level of safety the USA has yet to enjoy. Sometimes a nation's lessons are learned the hardway.
Train-Safety Technology Could Take Years to Deploy Nationwide (click here)
By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY, ANDY PASZTOR , ALEX ROTH and PETER SANDERS
Federal regulators and railroad officials said a nationwide deployment of technology that could prevent accidents like last week's deadly Metrolink crash in California would cost over $2 billion and could take years because of technological challenges.
Government and industry leaders on Monday cited a host of cost concerns and technical challenges preventing widespread adoption of "positive train control," or PTC, technology designed to prevent collisions by automatically slowing or stopping trains if engineers speed through stop signals.
On Friday, a Metrolink commuter train that wasn't PTC-equipped crashed into a Union Pacific freight train in the Chatsworth suburb of Los Angeles, killing 25 people. Investigators are focusing on the commuter train's engineer and whether he missed a red stop signal.
Shortly after the crash, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said the agency was at fault because the engineer had failed to heed a red-warning signal. On Monday, Ms. Tyrrell resigned and Metrolink distanced itself from her remarks by calling them "premature." The agency declined to comment directly on her departure....
