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 Message 3185 
 Adam H. Kerman to Jishnu Mukerji 
 Re: Amk NEC speed controls? 
 14 May 15 14:29:24 
 
From: ahk@chinet.com

Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:
>On 5/14/2015 9:21 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Peter Schleifer  wrote:
>>>On Wed, 13 May 2015 18:00:34 -0700 (PDT), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

>>>From that article:
>>>"It is installed on parts of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between
>>>Washington and Boston.[2]"

>>>The key word here is "parts"

>>Others have stated that it's not yet installed north of Philadelphia.

>Between Philadelphia and New York. AFAIK ACSES is operative definitely
>on tracks 2 and 3 between Trenton and New Brunswick in NJ. Additional
>segments may have been brought into operation as Amtrak is doing so to
>meet the end of 2015 deadline for operational ACSES on all main line
>segments. I know that the necessary track hardware is installed even
>through Frankford Jct., but ACSES has other components that need to be
>in place and operational before it can be placed into service, like the
>digital radio link to the control center.

Thank you for the information. I haven't been following the progress
of this deployment at all.

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