North American Joint Positive Train Control Project

Details

• Creators:
  Polivka, Alan ; Ede, Bill Moore ; Drapa, Joe
• Corporate Creators:
  Association of American Railroads. Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) ; Railroad Research Foundation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Moving block control
  • Block control systems
  • Railroad safety
  • Transportation operations
  • Positive train control Communications based train control
  • Railroad capacity
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-09/04
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  Positive train control (PTC) offers the promise of significant potential benefits in railroad safety, capacity, and efficiency. However, PTC reveals new and much more complex design issues than those encountered with conventional train control systems. This is largely because a PTC system comprises a large, distributed, real-time communications, control, and mobile computing network that embodies and enforces many of the railroad operating rules. This report summarizes key issues encountered in developing the vital North American Joint Positive Train Control (NAJPTC) system along with solutions, rationale, and results. The unique experiences gained from this project have benefited other PTC projects and have led to the inception of subsequent projects to further address issues identified.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61393/dot_61393_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.94 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e68db0a9bcd535e2b5b0d3fa9159c616e3ff685ab75e45c7633b47da8e1b590f43a06f411c07ae5987d28a2f9e58736af772c2c9701e630cb1e58c18b122716e