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Page 20 - Positive Train Control (PTC) systems are integrated command, control, communications, and information systems for controlling train movements with safety, precision, and efficiency. PTC systems bring together digital data link communications networks, continuous and accurate positioning systems such as...
Page 20 - Control (PTC) systems are integrated command, control, communications, and information systems for controlling train movements with safety, precision, and efficiency. PTC systems bring together digital data link communications networks, continuous and accurate positioning systems such as NDGPS, on-board computers on locomotives and maintenance-of-way equipment, in-cab displays, throttle-brake interfaces on locomotives, wayside interface units at switches and wayside detectors, and control center...
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Page 52 - Created Apr. 1, 1975. by Independent Safety Board Act of 1974. Ensures safe operation of all types of transportation in US Investigates accidents, conducts studies, and makes policy recommendations to government agencies, transportation industry, and others. Nuclear Regulatory...