I owe an apology to propbeanie: Last night on a local LA news program, there was a discussion about the Washington train wreck and whether the same might happen here in SoCal. The question of PTC was brought up and, to the surprise of the interviewer (and myself), it was revealed local Amtrak rail lines do not have PTC in use on any of their routes. The surprise came about because the local commuter rail system, Metrolink, whiich uses Amtrak and other rail lines, does in fact have PTC and has had ever since the fallout from the Chatsworth Wreck. The predominant belief has been, since Metrolink uses PTC on Amtrak lines, Amtrak should have been using PTC, also. Amtrak, et al, have been taking advantage of the waivers and push backs given to them regarding installation of PTC and have basically ignored Metrolink's usage of the system. So, propbeanie, you are fully correct about Amtrak and PTC and I stand (well, actually, sit) corrected...
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