Seeing as there doesn't appear to be a thread on the T's PTC-ing (or lack thereof) of the CR lines perhaps the time has come. Here's a quote copied and pasted from a PTC thread in the Amtrak forum to start things off:
F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:David Benton wrote:Seven years notice , and they've done zero planning???I can tell you per the MBTA's own FY2016 Capital Improvements Plan just released they have earmarked only $23M...next year...for PTC, with a remaining unfunded cost estimate of $414M for finishing the job: http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About ... 052615.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
If that is not blowing a raspberry to the regulators, i don't know what is .
Does anyone know how much the various railroads have actually spent on PTC implementation to date ?
They've spent $1.7M to-date. Total...since the mandate was handed down nearly 7 years ago. And comparing with the figures published in last year's official capital budget (http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About ... rogram.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) only about $450,000 was spent on it last year, less than they were budgeted for. The rest of that total was all 2013 and prior. That's right...they left money on the table and basically took all of 2014 off from PTC planning. They advertised their bids for 220 MHz spectrum acquisition last year...I think was awarded a few months ago and that's what most of the $23M is going towards. I don't think the installation contracts have even been advertised.
This is their 2014 PTC Implementation Plan annual report: http://www.regulations.gov/contentStrea ... ntType=pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. All 3-1/2 pages of it. In short: they were going to spend most of 2014 having meetings with stakeholders...and the rest was TBD and "we'll get back to you." About the only thing they're set on is rolling stock; all of their locomotives and cab cars are equipped because of the NEC and final retirements of their last non-ACSES equipment this spring/summer with last stragglers now in their final weeks of revenue service. But yeah...less-than bupkis out in the field, in the back office, on engineering or even advertising the implementation bids, and on funding. Compare with the MTA, which took out loans to fund every cent of its $1B implementation cost for both LIRR and MNRR and awarded all its contracts months ago so they had ironclad alibi for having it all in-reach by deadline...only needing the extension for completion of the actual construction in the field.
Yeah...Boston's screwed. Maybe the most screwed of any commuters in the country if the T gets sanctioned for pulling a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Not to mention 2 Amtrak routes going straight in the crosshairs.