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Positive Train Control: Issues & Economics for Improved Rail Safety
Rahul O. Salter (Ed.)
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Description for Positive Train Control: Issues & Economics for Improved Rail Safety
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salter, Rahul O. Num Pages: 239 pages, llustrations, map. BIC Classification: TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
Positive Train Control (PTC) is a communications and signalling system that has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a technology capable of preventing accidents caused by train operator or dispatcher error. PTC is expected to reduce the number of accidents due to excessive speed, conflicting train movements, and engineer failure to obey wayside signals. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA08) requires implementation of positive train control on railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with toxic or poisonous-by-inhalation hazardous materials. This book provides an overview of the issues and economics for improved ... Read more
Positive Train Control (PTC) is a communications and signalling system that has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a technology capable of preventing accidents caused by train operator or dispatcher error. PTC is expected to reduce the number of accidents due to excessive speed, conflicting train movements, and engineer failure to obey wayside signals. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA08) requires implementation of positive train control on railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with toxic or poisonous-by-inhalation hazardous materials. This book provides an overview of the issues and economics for improved ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781626182714
SKU
V9781626182714
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