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Except this accident happened on tracks amtrak doesn’t own - and on the tracks amtrak owns the system is already in place.
by hnpobdo 9y ago
Except this accident happened on tracks amtrak doesn’t own - and on the tracks amtrak owns the system is already in place.
- bogomipz 9y agoExcept the lobbying effort to delay the roll out of PTC was done by the Association of American Railroads[1], of which Amtrak is a full member with much influence.[2] The buck always stops somewhere else. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/deadline-for-train-safety-technology-undercut-by-industry-lobbying/2015/10/25/f893446a-2720-11e5-b77f-eb13a215f593_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/dea... [2] https://www.aar.org/Pages/AARMembers.aspx https://www.aar.org/Pages/AARMembers.aspx
- saalweachter 9y agoIf Amtrak has in fact implemented PTC on all of the tracks they control, I would blame the freight railroads who are the other 20 full members of the AAR. If Amtrak is also stalling on implementing PTC on their own tracks, yeah, I'd stop the buck at them.
- bogomipz 9y ago>"If Amtrak has in fact implemented PTC on all of the tracks they control, I would blame the freight railroads who are the other 20 full members of the AAR." This is exactly the logic everyone has been using to absolve themselves from any blame. 'Yes it was our train and our customers but it wasn't our track.' If Amtrak is doesn't want to take any responsibility for peoples lives when they offer service on tracks they don't "control" then they should restrict their routes to tracks they do control. People who purchase fares on Amtrak should have a reasonable expectation that the carrier uses routes that meet modern safety standards.