National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Urges Railroads to Better Protect Rail Roadway Workers

Excerpt:  “The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday again called on the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to put an immediate end to the use of ‘train approach warning‘ as the sole method of on-track safety in areas covered by positive train control. TAW is an older method of using designated watchmen to look out for approaching trains in a work zone. By using TAW instead of available protections provided by advanced positive train control systems, Amtrak circumvented important PTC safety features that could help prevent rail worker deaths.”