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In the Chicago area, the Metra commuter rail system was saying they would have to discontinue service at the end of the year if the PTC requirement wasn't delay
by osi 11y ago
In the Chicago area, the Metra commuter rail system was saying they would have to discontinue service at the end of the year if the PTC requirement wasn't delayed due to their delays in getting it implemented. It isn't just freight lobbying.
- phkahler 11y ago>> In the Chicago area, the Metra commuter rail system was saying they would have to discontinue service at the end of the year if the PTC requirement wasn't delayed due to their delays in getting it implemented. It isn't just freight lobbying. Does that mean they'd go bankrupt? Could someone then buy them for cheap and implement PTC and take over the business? Sometimes it's nice to entertain the idea of "let them fail".
- arthurdenture 11y agoNope. Commuter service in Chicago is contracted out to big players like BNSF and Union Pacific. If they were to lose the contract to run Metra trains, they would be fine. And it's not like there's some other company or agency waiting to make PTC happen for millions instead of billions.
- noer 11y agoNot all of it, BNSF & UP only operate the services with their names in the lines, Metra operates the remainder of the services.
- dredmorbius 11y agoThe trackage is owned by the railroads. They're the ones responsible for implementing the fixed-position part of PTC.
- sithadmin 11y agoLetting Metra fail would cripple Chicago's economy. It would be more or less impossible for a large portion of the workforce to get to the office.