Last week's Amtrak crash outside Philadelphia that killed 8 people has re-ignited the call for a nationwide network of “positive train control” systems. Voices have been clamoring about whether or not ...

The NTSB is investigating the role PTC might have played. — -- The New Jersey train crash that left one woman dead and 114 others injured has re-ignited a debate over an automatic train-braking ...

One freight train sped through a stop signal before crashing head-on into another in the Texas Panhandle last month, killing three crew members, according to a preliminary report on the accident from ...

Positive Train Control is similar to a collision avoidance system in a car, and would take control of a train if the engineer fails to stop or slow down. That's a simple explanation of PTC. Making ...

A sophisticated safety system that could have prevented the deadly Chatsworth train crash in 2008 is now protecting Metrolink passenger trains that travel on all tracks owned by the commuter railroad ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Metra users are used to alerts after a week full of weather-related schedule changes, but commuters will start hearing a new message that might cause some confusion, and has nothing to ...

A computer-based system designed to prevent train accidents has been stalled by high costs and technological hurdles. It was not being used by the train that derailed Monday in Washington state, ...