The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR)

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR)

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) Positive Train Control Implementation Plan (PTCIP) April 16, 2010 PUBLIC COPY VERSION 1.11 Submitted in fulfillment of 49 CFR Part 236, Subpart I, § 236.1011 REVISION HISTORY Date Version Description Author 4/16/2010 1.0 Initial FRA submission KCSR 7/4/2010 1.1 Response to critical issues in provisional approval KCSR 10/17/2011 1.11 FCC Copy: Remove SSI Warning, page i KCSR The following Positive Train Control Implementation Plan ("PTCIP") is submitted by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company ("KCSR") pursuant to statute and regulations in effect as to KCSR on the date of this plan's submission. Should such regulations or statute change, pursuant to future legislative enactment, regulatory modification or court action (including but not limited to with respect to which year's traffic shall serve as the basis for identifying lines required to be PTC-equipped and the current dual-screen requirement), KCSR reserves the right to make appropriate amendments to this PTCIP. Furthermore, this PTCIP is based upon prospective technological developments and Federal Railroad Administration ("FRA") approvals of technology described in this PTCIP. Should said technologies fail to function as expected, should their development and availability be delayed, should they not be available at reasonable cost, or should FRA not approve all or parts thereof, KCSR reserves the right to make appropriate and/or necessary changes to its PTCIP, including modifications to technologies and/or schedules stated herein. KCSR i April 16, 2010 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Organizational Relationships ............................................................................................................. 1-2 1.1.2 Request for Amendment of a PTCIP [49 CFR § 236.1009(a)(2)(ii)] ............................................... 1-4 1.2 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.3 SUCCESS CRITERIA ........................................................................................................................................... 1-7 1.3.1 Long Term Goal Metrics ..................................................................................................................... 1-7 1.3.2 Intermediate Goal Metrics ................................................................................................................. 1-8 1.4 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................................................................. 1-9 1.5 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................... 1-10 1.6 ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................... 1-13 2 Applicable Documents ................................................................................................................................. 2-1 3 Technology [49 CFR § 236.1011(a)(1)] ..................................................................................................... 3-1 4 Compliance [49 CFR § 236.1011(a)(2)] .................................................................................................... 4-1 5 Interoperability [49 CFR § 236.1011(a)(3)] ............................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 RAILROAD AGREEMENT PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO INTEROPERABILITY [49 CFR § 236.1011(A)(3)(I)] ............... 5-1 5.2 TECHNOLOGY APPLICABLE TO INTEROPERABILITY [49 CFR § 236.1011(A)(3)(II)] ............................................ 5-7 5.3 OBSTACLES TO INTEROPERABILITY [49 CFR § 236.1011(A)(3)(III)] ................................................................. 5-7 6 Installation Risk Analysis [49 CFR § 236.1011(a)(4)] ........................................................................... 6-1 6.1 INSTALLATION RISK ANALYSIS OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 6-1 6.2 KCSR RAIL NETWORK DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................. 6-1 6.2.1 Deployment Group #1 (Codename: Pilot) ........................................................................................ 6-3 6.2.2 Deployment Group #2 ''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''................................................................................ 6-4 6.2.3 Deployment Group #3 '''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''' ''''''''' ............................................................................. 6-5 6.2.4 Deployment Group #4 '''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''' '''''''''''''''' ....................................................................... 6-7 6.2.5 Deployment Group #5 ''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''' ............................................................................ 6-9 6.2.6 Deployment Group #6 '''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''' ......................................................................... 6-10 6.2.7 Deployment Group #7 '''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''.............................................................................. 6-12 6.2.8 Deployment Group #8 '''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''' .................................................................................. 6-14 6.2.9 Deployment Group #9 ''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''' ............................................................................ 6-15 6.3 KCSR RISK PRIORITIZATION MODEL................................................................................................................ 6-17 6.4 RISK PRIORITIZATION MODEL APPROACH. ........................................................................................................ 6-17 6.4.1 Identification of Risk Factors. .......................................................................................................... 6-17 6.4.2 ''''''''''''''''''' '''' '''''''' '''''''''''' '''''''''''''''. ................................................................................................. 6-21 6.4.3 '''''''''''''''''' '''' ''''''' '''''''''''' ''''''''''''. ..................................................................................................... 6-27 6.4.4 '''''''''''''''''''''' '''' '''''''' ''''''''''''' ''''''''''' '''' '''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''. ............................................................. 6-28 6.5 '''''''''''''''''''' '''' '''''''' '''''''''''''' ''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''' '''''''' ''''''''''' ''''''''''' ''''''' '''''''''''''''''. ............................ 6-28 6.5.1 ''''''' ''''''''''''' '''''' '''''''''''''''''' ''''''' ''''''''''''''' '''' ''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''. 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........................................................................................... 6-43 KCSR ii April 16, 2010 6.5.7 '''''''' '''''''''''' ''''''' ''''''''''''. ................................................................................................................... 6-48 6.5.8 ''''''''' '''''''''''' '''''' ''''''''''''''''''. ............................................................................................................. 6-50 6.5.9 ''''''''' '''''''''''' ''''''' ''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''........................................................................ 6-52 6.5.10 '''''''' ''''''''''''' ''''''''' '''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''. ............................................................................................ 6-54 6.5.11 ''''''' ''''''''''''' ''''''''' '''''''''''''''''' ''''''' '''''''''''''' '''' ''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''. ......... 6-56 7 Deployment Sequence and Schedule [49 CFR § 236.1011(a)(5)] ........................................................ 7-1 7.1 DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE AND SCHEDULE OVERVIEW .........................................................................................

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