Railroads have made slight progress in installing a potentially life-saving train technology, with freight rails making more headway than passenger rails in recent months. But both rail systems still have a long way to go in implementing Positive Train Control (PTC), according to a new report from the Federal Railroad ... Read More »

The nation’s three busiest commuter railroads—which together serve nearly 1 million riders in the New York City area each day—continue to lag behind their smaller West Coast counterparts in installing sophisticated train-control technology that’s seen as an antidote to crashes involving speeding and other human factors, federal regulators said Monday. ... Read More »