December 18, 2017 6:45 pm

Computer Controlled Trains Could Remove ‘Human Error' From Derailments, Expert Says

On Nov. 30, 2007, Amtrak’s Pere Marquette plowed into a stopped freight train on the Norfolk Southern tracks. The crash on Chicago’s South Side was among the first to prompt a call for positive train control (PTC). Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

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