Train disaster was preventable.

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  • Source:
    New Scientist. 5/23/2015, Vol. 226 Issue 3022, p6-7. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Abstract:
      The article looks at the recent fatal Amtrak railroad accident in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, noting the train was moving much faster than the speed limit at the time of the accident and reporting that a technology called Positive Train Control (PTC) could have prevented it.