Passenger Trains > Any portions on the route of the Texas Eagle without PTC ?

Are there any portions of the Texas Eagle route that lack PTC ? If so, how soon will the PTC be installed ? Thank you.

Looking at UP's implementation progress map it appears the entire route from Joliet to Dallas over which the Eagle operates on UP trackage has had PTC implemented already, except for Bismark to Poplar Bluff, MO which the UP indicates will not require PTC.

BNSF trackage from Fort Worth to Temple has had PTC implemented (all required BNSF mileage systemwide is implemented), and UP trackage from Temple to San Antonio over which Amtrak operates is scheduled to have PTC implemented in the 2nd to 4th quarter of 2018.

I did not find information specific about CN between Chicago and Joliet or the TRE between Dallas and Fort Worth.

West of San Antonio, the UP map indicates San Antonio to Del Rio will be implemented 2nd to 4th quarter, 2018; Del Rio to El Paso is already implemented; El Paso to Tuscon will be implemented during the 1st quarter, 2018; Tuscon to Yuma will be implemented 2nd to 4th quarter, 2018, and Yuma to Los Angeles is already implemented.

czephyr17 Wrote:
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> Looking at UP's implementation progress map it
> appears the entire route from Joliet to Dallas
> over which the Eagle operates on UP trackage has
> had PTC implemented already, except for Bismark to
> Poplar Bluff, MO which the UP indicates will not
> require PTC.
>
> BNSF trackage from Fort Worth to Temple has had
> PTC implemented (all required BNSF mileage
> systemwide is implemented), and UP trackage from
> Temple to San Antonio over which Amtrak operates
> is scheduled to have PTC implemented in the 2nd to
> 4th quarter of 2018.
>
> I did not find information specific about CN
> between Chicago and Joliet or the TRE between
> Dallas and Fort Worth.
>
> West of San Antonio, the UP map indicates San
> Antonio to Del Rio will be implemented 2nd to 4th
> quarter, 2018; Del Rio to El Paso is already
> implemented; El Paso to Tuscon will be implemented
> during the 1st quarter, 2018; Tuscon to Yuma will
> be implemented 2nd to 4th quarter, 2018, and Yuma
> to Los Angeles is already implemented.

Thank you for your detailed reply ! --UP 951 West

No PTC in use on the CN between Joliet and Chicago yet.

CN_Hogger