[Scan-DC] Hearing: Oversight of Positive Train Control Implementation in the United States

[Blair Thompson]

Today at 9:30. I'm not trying to hijack the list and make it all about trains, but one of the issues involved in the installation of PTC systems was finding frequencies on which the equipment could operate. I don't know if they'll get into that this morning.

Hearing: Oversight of Positive Train Control Implementation in the United States 

https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=402147

2167 Rayburn House Office Building 

Thursday, February 15, 2018 @ 09:30 | Contact: Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446 

{the hearing will be livestreamed at this site} 

This is a hearing of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. 

HEARING WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 10AM BUT WILL NOW START AT 9:30AM 

Summary of Subject Matter 

Witnesses: 

Mr. Juan D. Reyes III, Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration 
The Honorable Robert Sumwalt, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board 
The Honorable Edward Hamberger, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Railroads 
Mr. Richard Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Amtrak 
Mr. Paul Skoutelas, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Public Transportation Association 
Mr. John P. Tolman, Vice President and National Legislative Representative, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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