2009

23 November 2009 CP Readies Pilot Testing of PTC A grain train passes the Rocky Mountaineer in downtown Calgary before heading north on the Red Deer Subdivision - 8 Aug 2009 Kevin Andrusia.     Calgary Alberta - Canadian Pacific is readying a pilot test of Positive Train Control on its right-of-way linking Calgary and Red Deer, in Alberta, next year to test its efficiency in reducing human error as a potential cause of accidents.   CP is preparing to comply with a mandate passed by the U.S. Congress in late 2008 requiring PTC across most of the U.S. rail freight network, prompted by the collision of a freight train and passenger train in Chatsworth, California, on 12 Sep 2008, which killed 25.         "Human factor causes for accidents is a very small number, industry-wide," said Chris Carroll, CP director of operations, positive train control.   "But they are also the accidents that can have grave consequences... We are doing a pilot project of the technology that will be used in the U.S."   CP's U.S. subsidiaries include Soo Line Railroad and the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad.   CP recently completed a GPS survey of the Calgary to Red Deer track last week.   "We will develop a database over the nextmonth," said Carroll. "We are spending quite some time in the lab. We will put this technology into work next summer and test trains."

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