[Alberta's Child]

I am very familiar (professionally) with the issues surrounding the automatic train safety systems under the Federal mandate. The "good" news in this case is that this incident involved the government-run Amtrak. It's the private freight railroads that are pushing for the extension.

And they ARE going to get the extension, whether Congress likes it or not. The locomotive manufacturing industry simply does not have the capacity to meet their customers' requirements under the Federal mandate. Everyone in the industry knew that mandate was a joke when it was passed.

[SeaHawkFan]

Thanks for the info.

Great thing about FR is that there are experts on just about subject.