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FRA
F 6
180.
166
(2-1
6)
OM
B C
ontr
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o. 2
130-
0553
The
Annu
al P
ositi
ve T
rain
Con
trol
(PTC
) Pro
gres
s Rep
ort i
s due
by
Mar
ch 3
1st o
f eac
h ye
ar u
ntil
full
PTC
syst
em im
plem
enta
tion
is co
mpl
ete.
The
An
nual
PTC
Pro
gres
s Rep
ort m
ust c
over
the
railr
oad’
s im
plem
enta
tion
effo
rts a
nd p
rogr
ess f
rom
the
dire
ctly
pre
viou
s cal
enda
r yea
r, an
d m
ust
be su
bmitt
ed e
lect
roni
cally
to th
e Fe
dera
l Rai
lroad
Adm
inist
ratio
n (F
RA) v
ia th
e FR
A Se
cure
Info
rmat
ion
Repo
sitor
y at
htt
ps:/
/sir.
fra.
dot.g
ov.
Annu
al P
TC
Prog
ress
Re
port
Ca
nadi
an P
acifi
c Ra
ilway
20
10-0
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Nam
e of
Rai
lroad
or E
ntity
Sub
ject
to 4
9 U
.S.C
. § 2
0157
(a):
Can
adia
n Pa
cific
Rai
lway
Railr
oad
Code
: CP
Annu
al P
TC Im
plem
enta
tion
Prog
ress
Rep
ort f
or:
2015
PTCI
P Ve
rsio
n N
umbe
r of F
ile w
ith F
RA (b
asis
for g
oals
stat
ed):
3.0
Subm
issi
on D
ate:
3/3
1/20
16
Cont
ents
1.
Su
mm
ary .
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2.
Upd
ate
on S
pect
rum
Acq
uisit
ion .
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3.
Qua
ntity
Upd
ate
on H
ardw
are
Inst
alla
tion
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3.1.
Lo
com
otiv
e St
atus
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3.2.
In
fras
truc
ture
/Bac
k O
ffice
Sta
tus .
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3.3.
In
stal
latio
n/Te
rrito
ry S
tatu
s ....
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4.
Qua
ntity
Upd
ate
on E
mpl
oyee
s Tra
ined
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5.
Prog
ress
on
Impl
emen
tatio
n Sc
hedu
le/M
ilest
ones
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6.
Sum
mar
y U
pdat
e of
Cha
lleng
es/R
isks .
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7.
Prog
ress
on
Reve
nue
Serv
ice
Dem
onst
ratio
n (R
SD) o
r Im
plem
enta
tion
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8.
Upd
ate
for I
nter
city
or C
omm
uter
Rai
l Pas
seng
er T
rans
port
atio
n (if
app
licab
le) ..
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9.
Upd
ate
on In
tero
pera
bilit
y Pr
ogre
ss a
nd O
ther
For
mal
Agr
eem
ents
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10.
Estim
ated
PTC
Saf
ety
Plan
(PTC
SP) S
ubm
issio
n Da
te (i
f not
alre
ady
subm
itted
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11.
Test
ing
and
Inte
grat
ion
Effo
rts (
if ap
plic
able
, lab
orat
ory,
inte
grat
ion,
and
reve
nue
serv
ice
dem
onst
ratio
n) ..
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5
12.
Upd
ated
Inf
orm
atio
n Th
at F
RA C
an U
se t
o M
aint
ain
Its G
eogr
aphi
c In
form
atio
n Sy
stem
(GI
S) D
atab
ase
– Se
gmen
ts C
ompl
ete
and
Ope
rabl
e ...
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5. P
rogr
ess o
n Im
plem
enta
tion
Sche
dule
/Mile
ston
es
Requ
ired
cont
ent:
De
scrib
e th
e ex
tent
to w
hich
the
railr
oad
or o
ther
ent
ity is
not
com
plyi
ng w
ith th
e im
plem
enta
tion
sche
dule
it p
rovi
ded
in it
s rev
ised
PTCI
P, a
s am
ende
d CP
is c
ompl
ying
with
the
impl
emen
tatio
n sc
hedu
le p
rovi
ded
in th
e PT
CIP
v3.0
6. S
umm
ary
Upd
ate
of C
halle
nges
/Risk
s Re
quire
d co
nten
t:
Any
upda
te to
the
sum
mar
y of
rem
aini
ng te
chni
cal,
prog
ram
mat
ic, o
pera
tiona
l, or
oth
er c
halle
nges
that
the
railr
oad
or o
ther
ent
ity
prov
ided
in it
s rev
ised
PTCI
P, a
s am
ende
d, in
clud
ing
chal
leng
es w
ith a
vaila
bilit
y of
pub
lic fu
ndin
g, in
tero
pera
bilit
y, sp
ectr
um, s
oftw
are,
pe
rmitt
ing,
and
test
ing,
dem
onst
ratio
n, a
nd c
ertif
icat
ion
Sche
dule
Risk
Upd
ates
(e.g
., fu
ndin
g, te
chno
logy
, agr
eem
ents
)
Plea
se p
rovi
de S
umm
ary
Upda
te o
f Cha
lleng
es/R
isks b
elow
: CP
has
mad
e pr
ogre
ss in
redu
cing
var
ious
impl
emen
tatio
n ris
ks id
entif
ied
the
orig
inal
PTC
IP b
y:
1.
Gain
ing
early
exp
erie
nce
with
a p
rede
cess
or E
TMS
type
syst
em to
impr
ove
the
lear
ning
cur
ve o
f CP
PTC
Staf
f 2.
W
orki
ng c
lose
ly w
ith B
NSF
rega
rdin
g in
itial
inte
rope
rabi
lity
activ
ities
, and
3.
Ta
king
pro
gram
mat
ic a
ctio
ns to
reve
rt to
a p
rove
n le
gacy
CAD
syst
em to
redu
ce th
e pr
obab
ility
that
a n
ew d
ispat
ch sy
stem
cou
ld
adve
rsel
y im
pact
PTC
dep
loym
ent s
ched
ules
. 4.
Co
llabo
ratin
g w
ith o
ther
Cla
ss O
ne R
ailro
ads t
o ga
in v
alua
ble
expe
rienc
e as
par
t of i
ndus
try
and
CP’s
ow
n la
b an
d fie
ld v
erifi
catio
n an
d va
lidat
ion
activ
ities
of I
-ETM
S, in
clud
ing
way
side
and
com
mun
icat
ion
com
pone
nts.
Al
thou
gh th
e CP
initi
ativ
es m
entio
ned
abov
e ha
ve h
elpe
d to
miti
gate
var
ious
impl
emen
tatio
n ris
ks, t
he fo
llow
ing
key
tech
nica
l cha
lleng
es
rem
ain:
Soft
war
e St
abili
ty:
PTC
Back
Offi
ce a
nd L
ocom
otiv
e op
erat
ing
softw
are
supp
lied
to C
P ha
s con
siste
ntly
dem
onst
rate
d a
high
deg
ree
of in
stab
ility
and
num
erou
s def
ects
whi
ch h
ave
resu
lted
in c
orre
spon
ding
impa
cts t
o th
e im
plem
enta
tion
sche
dule
. Si
mila
r sof
twar
e iss
ues h
ave
also
bee
n ex
perie
nced
by
the
othe
r rai
lroad
s im
plem
entin
g I-E
TMS.
CP
is co
llabo
ratin
g w
ith o
ther
I-ET
MS
user
railr
oads
an
d th
e so
ftw
are
supp
lier t
o m
anag
e an
d cl
ose
softw
are
defe
cts a
nd to
refin
e I-E
TMS
func
tiona
l req
uire
men
ts.
CP h
as e
xpan
ded
the
scop
e of
lab
test
ing
scen
ario
s in
orde
r to
iden
tify
softw
are
anom
alie
s ear
lier i
n th
e de
velo
pmen
t cyc
le. A
s CP
is no
w b
egin
ning
Re
venu
e Se
rvic
e De
mon
stra
tion
activ
ities
on
its P
ilot t
errit
ory,
it is
impo
rtan
t tha
t def
ects
that
cou
ld re
sult
in S
ever
ity 1
or S
ever
ity 2
an
omal
ies b
e el
imin
ated
. Th
is re
mai
ns a
sign
ifica
nt ri
sk to
CP
as it
pro
ceed
s to
roll
out P
TC to
subs
eque
nt su
bdiv
ision
s.
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Ha
rdw
are
Relia
bilit
y –
CP h
as e
xper
ienc
ed g
reat
er th
an a
ntic
ipat
ed le
vels
of lo
com
otiv
e ha
rdw
are
infa
nt m
orta
lity
failu
res a
nd
rand
om e
quip
men
t fai
lure
s tha
t jeo
pard
ize th
e ab
ility
to p
roce
ed w
ith fo
rmal
func
tiona
l V&
V fie
ld te
stin
g. C
P is
wor
king
with
eq
uipm
ent v
endo
rs in
pro
vidi
ng c
ompr
ehen
sive
failu
re d
ata
to a
ssist
in id
entif
ying
pot
entia
l des
ign
issue
s.
In
tero
pera
bilit
y –
CP h
as b
een
an a
ctiv
e m
embe
r of t
he IT
C te
chni
cal t
eam
s and
has
mad
e su
bsta
ntia
l str
ides
with
inte
rope
rabl
e co
mm
unic
atio
n be
twee
n ra
ilroa
ds, b
ut in
tegr
atio
n te
stin
g an
d ac
tual
inte
rope
rabi
lity
is st
ill in
its i
nfan
cy.
Ther
e re
mai
ns a
hig
h de
pend
ency
on
othe
r rai
lroad
s’ sy
stem
s to
achi
eve
full
and
seam
less
inte
rope
rabi
lity.
Unt
il al
l rai
lroad
s’ P
TC sy
stem
s are
inst
alle
d,
ther
e is
a ris
k fo
r CP
to e
ffect
ivel
y co
mpl
ete
inst
alla
tion.
Spec
trum
- CP
will
util
ize sp
ectr
um p
lann
ing
tool
s pro
vide
d by
PTC
-220
that
will
ena
ble
CP to
coo
rdin
ate
its sp
ectr
um u
sage
with
ot
her r
ailro
a ds t
o en
sure
ade
quat
e av
aila
bilit
y an
d in
terf
eren
ce m
itiga
tion
in a
reas
of o
verla
ppin
g op
erat
ion.
It i
s not
unt
il ea
ch a
rea,
sp
ecifi
cally
urb
an h
ubs a
nd m
ajor
inte
rcha
nges
, is f
ully
load
ed w
ith P
TC tr
ains
from
diff
eren
t rai
lway
s, w
ill th
e tr
ue st
abili
ty/c
apab
ility
of
an
inte
grat
ed P
TC c
omm
unic
atio
ns sy
stem
be
trul
y te
sted
. Th
ere
is st
ill ri
sk a
nd C
P re
mai
ns c
omm
itted
to w
orki
ng w
ithin
the
PTC-
220
to re
solv
e an
y fu
ture
issu
es.
Co
mm
unic
atio
n St
abili
ty –
CP
is cu
rren
tly e
xper
ienc
ing
chal
leng
es re
gard
ing
reli a
bilit
y of
diff
eren
t mod
es o
f wire
less
com
mun
icat
ion
path
s - C
ellu
lar,
450m
hz ra
dios
, and
220
mhz
radi
os -
whi
ch a
re im
pact
ed b
y st
abili
ty o
f cel
lula
r ser
vice
, int
erfe
renc
e, w
eath
er, a
nd
othe
r miti
gatin
g fa
ctor
s.
Th
e pr
inci
ple
chal
leng
e, w
hich
is m
ore
chal
leng
ing
than
any
list
ed a
bove
, is s
yste
m e
ngin
eerin
g: in
clud
ing
desig
n, d
evel
opm
ent,
inte
grat
ion,
an
d de
fect
elim
inat
ion
for s
afe
depe
ndab
le b
ehav
ior e
nd-t
o-en
d be
twee
n al
l seg
men
ts o
f PTC
: Bac
k O
ffice
, Com
mun
icat
ions
, Way
side
and
Loco
mot
ive.
Elim
inat
ing
defe
cts w
ill c
ontin
ue to
be
a su
bsta
ntia
l cha
lleng
e ev
en a
fter
initi
al im
plem
enta
tion
give
n un
ique
or c
orne
r cas
e op
erat
iona
l sce
nario
s are
bei
ng te
sted
acr
oss a
ll ra
ilroa
d us
ers o
f I-E
TMS.
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estin
g an
d In
tegr
atio
n Ef
fort
s (if
appl
icab
le, l
abor
ator
y, in
tegr
atio
n, a
nd re
venu
e se
rvic
e de
mon
stra
tion)
Pl
ease
pro
vide
Upd
ate
on T
estin
g an
d In
tegr
atio
n ef
fort
s bel
ow:
Disp
atch
Lo
com
otiv
e O
nboa
rd
Way
side
and
Tele
com
Hi-r
ail a
nd L
ocom
otiv
e te
stin
g ha
s hig
hlig
hted
are
as o
f poo
r cel
lula
r, 22
0mhz
and
450
mhz
(dar
k Te
rrito
ry) c
over
age
in O
ttum
wa
subd
ivisi
on; c
urre
ntly
wor
king
to e
xplo
re o
ptio
ns re
gard
ing
Cellu
lar A
nten
na B
oost
ers o
n lo
com
otiv
es, i
ncre
asin
g an
tenn
a he
ight
s or
ante
nna
mod
els,
and
incr
ease
d po
wer
for t
he 4
50m
hz ra
dios
. En
d to
End
test
ing
Lo
com
otiv
e Fi
eld
Qua
lific
atio
ns c
ompl
eted
on
the
Ott
umw
a su
bdiv
ision
on
2015
/07/
17
En
d to
End
test
ing
in O
ttum
wa
subd
ivisi
on c
omm
ence
d on
201
5/07
/20
and
ran
thro
ugh
to y
ear e
nd
Reve
nue
Serv
ice
Dem
onst
ratio
ns
Ap
prov
al to
com
men
ce R
SD re
ceiv
ed o
n 20
15/1
2/15
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pdat
ed In
form
atio
n Th
at F
RA C
an U
se to
Mai
ntai
n Its
Geo
grap
hic
Info
rmat
ion
Syst
em (G
IS) D
atab
ase
– Se
gmen
ts
Com
plet
e an
d O
pera
ble
In it
s ann
ual p
rogr
ess r
epor
ts, a
subj
ect r
ailro
ad o
r ent
ity m
ay su
bmit
a ge
ogra
phic
info
rmat
ion
syst
em (G
IS) s
hape
file
to in
dica
te
whe
re v
ario
us ra
il se
gmen
ts th
at m
ust h
ave
PTC
are
loca
ted,
as l
ong
as it
inclu
des t
he fo
llow
ing
field
s: (1
) a P
TC a
ttrib
ute
field
(cod
ed
with
“Y”
if li
ne se
gmen
t is t
o ha
ve P
TC in
stal
led,
oth
erw
ise le
ft bl
ank)
; (2)
a S
UBDI
V at
trib
ute
field
(pop
ulat
ed w
ith su
bdiv
ision
nam
e);
(3) a
MO
NTH
attr
ibut
e fie
ld (p
opul
ated
with
the
mon
th in
whi
ch P
TC is
to b
e in
stal
led)
; and
(4) a
YEA
R at
trib
ute
field
(pop
ulat
ed w
ith
the
year
in w
hich
PTC
is to
be
inst
alle
d).
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