Positive Train Control collision on CSX

It was the sort of railroad collision that Positive Train Control was intended to prevent.
At a switch where two tracks on CSX Transportation’s line between Toledo, Fostoria, and Columbus converge into one, a train hauling ... north … ran into the cars of a southbound train ....
The Aug. 12 crash ... appears to have happened ... despite the presence of Positive Train Control ….

PTC was active on the line at the time of the predawn collision near Carey, Ohio, on CSX’s former Chesapeake & Ohio route between Columbus and Toledo, according to people familiar with the matter.

But the safety system had been disengaged on the northbound train, Columbus-Willard local H702, that slammed into the side of southbound unit frac sand train W314 at the end of a passing siding, sources tell Trains.

PTC “is on that line and active. The rub being the crew that blew the signal had the PTC disengaged for switching purposes,” a person familiar with the matter says.

Even after the 2020 deadline, operating without PTC engaged would be permissible under certain limited circumstances, including switching, yard-to-yard moves, and when a train’s locomotive fails to connect with the PTC system while already en route, federal officials say.

johnpbarlow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:16 am Excerpt from Trains Magazine on-line article of 8/26/19:

PTC was active on the line at the time of the predawn collision near Carey, Ohio, on CSX’s former Chesapeake & Ohio route between Columbus and Toledo, according to people familiar with the matter.

But the safety system had been disengaged on the northbound train, Columbus-Willard local H702, that slammed into the side of southbound unit frac sand train W314 at the end of a passing siding, sources tell Trains.

PTC “is on that line and active. The rub being the crew that blew the signal had the PTC disengaged for switching purposes,” a person familiar with the matter says.

And one more excerpt:

Even after the 2020 deadline, operating without PTC engaged would be permissible under certain limited circumstances, including switching, yard-to-yard moves, and when a train’s locomotive fails to connect with the PTC system while already en route, federal officials say.

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... e-with-ptc