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Streamlining Network Operations by Consolidating Your Radio Codeline Over the PTC Network
CTC (Centralized Traffic Control) which is currently based on a very narrow licensed 900 MHz radio band is about to be abandoned because of the FCC modifying the 900 MHz band allocations. Radio hardware manufacturers are ending the production of the radios and will...
Protecting your MOW employees and assets with a MOW collision avoidance system
I have often been asked why we designed our LILEE SafeRail system to include not only collision avoidance functionality but also limits compliance for maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment. The answer is simple: collision avoidance alone will not prevent the types of accidents that we seek...
PTC 2.0—Taking railroad safety beyond the original PTC
What is next in railroad safety? As of December 29th, 2020, PTC (Positive Train Control) is operational on all required freight and passenger railroad route miles. The 41 railroads subject to the statutory mandate have worked for more than a decade to achieve this...
The only complete Maintenance-of-Way (MOW) protection solution — Protect MOW vehicles after they leave tracks
How does the safety manager know what the MOW driver’s behaviors are like on the road? LILEE Systems understands that the need to protect MOW vehicle does not end after it leaves the tracks and enters the road. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
Running the last mile of the PTC implementation
The U.S. operations of the Class I railroads are closer to reaching full compliance with the federal mandate to implement positive train control (PTC) by the end of December 2020, according to data from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The data shows that Class I railroads...
Positioning Accuracy and Object Detection: Essential to Keep Maintenance-of-Way Vehicles Safe
Safety for maintenance-of-way vehicles and workers Rail safety is the core of what we do at LILEE Systems and as we discussed in Safety Vulnerability Remains after PTC, the job is not done with the PTC implementation at the end of 2020. Our culture...
Safety Vulnerability Remains after PTC
Roadway workers are not protected In 2008, the United States Congress mandated positive train control (PTC) for all passenger and freight trains, with some exceptions. Forty-two railroads are subject to the statutory mandate to implement PTC. Twelve years after PTC was mandated, serious accidents...