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Published on Wednesday, October 08, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
In the wake of last month's fatal Metrolink collision in Chatsworth that killed 25 people, the region's two freight railroads announced Wednesday that they will put automated systems on L.A.-area tracks to stop trains before they crash by 2012 - three years ahead of an expected congressional mandate.
Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe told a special state Senate hearing in Van Nuys the track infrastructure for the new system will be in place on 120 miles of track by 2012. But not every single locomotive will be fitted with a control computer by that date, officials said.
"Los Angeles is going to be our No. 1 priority," said Jeff Young, Union Pacific Railroad's assistant vice president of information technology.
Called positive train control, the system uses global positioning systems, radio frequencies and predictive technology to slow or stop trains heading for a collision.
"If positive train control had been in place on Metrolink on Sept
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