by Jeff Smith
ProgressiveRailroading.com: Virgin Trains selects Wabtec for PTC implementation
I know we've talked about this elsewhere.
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I know we've talked about this elsewhere.
Brief, fair-use quote:
Virgin Trains USA awarded Wabtec Corp. multiple contracts worth $120 million to implement positive train control (PTC) signaling and train control systems on the intercity passenger-rail service in Florida.
Under the contracts, Wabtec will install its Interoperable-Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS®) PTC safety overlay in two phases.
In the first phase, Wabtec will install the system on a Virgin Trains’ 67-mile rail corridor between Miami and West Palm Beach. Work will include a back-office system and fitment of both freight and commuter locomotives.
Phase two entails the installation of I-ETMS along the West Palm Beach to Orlando rail corridor.
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~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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