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Title 60 minutes. Off track / produced by Sarah Koch, Chrissy Jones
Published New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019

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Description 1 online resource (14 minutes)
Summary A report on Positive Train Control (PTC), a train safety control that Congress has mandated for most of America's major commuter and freight rail lines. The technology was supposed to be installed by 2015, but Congress has extended the deadline twice, now to 2020. PTC is a computerized system that uses technology like Wi-Fi and GPS to transmit information from sensors and signals along the tracks to and from the trains, amounting to an automated braking system that would prevent deadly accidents. Includes interviews with: Mark James, a CSX freight train engineer who was involved in a train crash in Cayce, South Carolina in 2018; Robert Sumwalt, chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Albert Linden, owner of the electrical contracting business; and Pat Desir, engineer, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Performer Reporter: Lesley Stahl ; interviewees: Mark James, Robert Sumwalt, Albert Linden, Pat Desir
Notes In English
Title from title screen (viewed January 26, 2024)
Subject Amtrak.
Railroads -- Automatic train control -- United States
Railroad accidents -- United States -- Prevention
Railroads -- United States -- Safety measures
Railroads -- Safety regulations -- United States
Genre/Form Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Form Streaming video
Author Stahl, Lesley, interviewer, on-screen presenter
Koch, Sarah, producer
Jones, Chrissy, producer
CBS Corp., publisher.
CBS News Productions, production company.
CBS Entertainment (Firm), production company.
Other Titles Sixty minutes. Off track
Off track
OTHER TI In series: 60 minutes (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81065867