trains, and develop and comply with an FRA-approved action plan to modify its existing ATC system or other signal systems to enable enforcement of passenger train speed limits at the identified curves (unless PTC was already operational for that portion of track); and (3) install additional wayside passenger train speed limit signage at appropriate locations on its Northeast Corridor right-of-way.[1]
2.3 Amtrak
Inward-facing cameras. In May 2016 Amtrak reported that it has installed inward-facing video cameras on its current fleet of ACS-64 locomotives and that 65 of its 70 locomotives on the Northeast Corridor are operating with these cameras. Amtrak states it is expecting the remaining ACS-64 locomotives to be equipped with such cameras in 2016. Amtrak plans to complete installation of inward-facing video cameras on its entire fleet by the end of 2018.
Speed restrictions. Prior to issuance of FRA Emergency Order 31, Amtrak had already made the necessary ATC code changes to enforce the eastbound speed restriction at Frankford Junction. Amtrak also complied with FRA Emergency Order 31 by identifying curves with significant speed reductions, implementing speed enforcement at those curves in accordance with a curve mitigation plan, and installing additional speed limit signage.
Positive Train Control. As discussed in section 1.5.1, in December 2015 Amtrak completed the installation and implementation of PTC on all Amtrak-owned property along its Northeast Corridor that is required to be PTC-equipped.[2] Amtrak also activated the PTC system on the 104-mile Harrisburg line. Amtrak also reports it is working on installation of PTC on other lines, including the 60-mile Springfield line, the 105-mile Hudson line between Poughkeepsie and the Schenectady area (leased by Amtrak), and the 135-mile Dearborn-Kalamazoo segment of the Michigan line owned by Michigan, as well as the Chicago Union Station and New Orleans terminal areas.
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