Argenia Railway Technologies announced the launch of SafeNet PTC, a non-vital overlay Positive Train Control (PTC) system that is designed with proprietary communications-based train control technologies. Argenia worked with the Nashville & Eastern Railroad (NERR) to gain Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Type Approval on the PTC Development Plan for the industry’s first non-vital overlay PTC system.
SafeNet is based on communications-based train control technologies and uses a moving block system to track the locations of trains. It is broken down into four segments including the Locomotive Segment, the Office Segment, the Wayside Segment and the Communications Segment and is designed to meet the four criteria of PTC outlined in the regulations.
The Type Approval is the first milestone for implementing SafeNet and typically a bidding process is required for railroads who wish to implement it.
“With SafeNet, we have a solution that meets the all of the requirements of PTC but also fits within the budget of a smaller operation,” Stephen Drunsic, Vice President of the NERR, said.
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