mr. frank lonegro vice president csx corporation mr. donald orseno come executive director and chief executive officer metro commuter rail and russell kerwin, deputy project manager metrolink. i ask unanimous consent the full statement be included in the record without objection some order. subcommittee request to keep your statement limited to five minutes. without coming to recognize. >> thank you chairman denham from a ranking member defazio members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear to discuss implementation of positive train control in the united states. the ptc technology is arguably the single most important railroad safety development in more than a century. the technology is not new. elements of ptc have existed since the early 20th century. regulators and safety advocate have been calling on the industry to implement some form of ptc for many decades. the ntsb since 1969. the red safety improvement act of two does they require the functionality of positive train control to be implemented by december 3

mr. frank lonegro who will be testifying for csx located in jacksonville, florida. he has worked for the company since 2000. csx is the employer that plays a major strong role in the jacksonville community, the company and its ceo michael ward have been a lock advocate for veterans in florida and throughout the united states. let me say i am proud of the wounded warriors program. they gave the first $1 million and received two years in a war the top award from the president over 33% of their employees being veterans. with that i want to welcome frank and the other panelist and thank you for joining us. >> thank you, member brown. mr. chairman, ranking member, and members of the committee, thank you for allowing me to be here. i am the project owner for ptc at csx. the chair tasked with achieving this across 60,000 miles of railroad. given the amtrak tragedy and remembering those impacted i receive there are four issues. why are most railroads unable to meet the ptc? why are a few able to make the ptc by a remainder isn't? what happens what happens if it is not passe

mr. frank lonegro who will be testifying for csx located in jacksonville, florida. frank has worked for the company since 2000. csx is the employer that plays a major strong role in the jacksonville community, the company and its ceo michael ward, have been a lock advocate for veterans in florida and throughout the united states. let me say i am proud of the wounded warriors program. they gave the first $1 million and received two years in a war the top award from the president over 33% of their employees being veterans. so, with that i want to welcome frank and the other panelist and thank you for joining us. >> thank you, member brown. members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here. and since the passage of the p.t.c. mandate i've been the owner. the industry committee that is tasked with achieving p.t.c. inoperatebility and given the tragedy, i believe four issues are presented by this community. number one why most railroads able to meet by 2015. number four what is the path forward. accidents have happened. a turnkey system did not exist in

mr. frank lonegro, and russell kerwin. i ask consent the witness' full statement be put in the record. no objection. we will ask you to keep your statements limited to five minutes. ms. feinberg you are recognized with that. >> thank you, charman denham ranking member capuano, and members of the committee, thank you for allowing me to appear before you. ptc is the most important safety development in more than a century. elements of ptc have existed since the early 20th century. regulators and safety advocates have been calling on the rail industly to implement some form of the ptc for decades. the rule is fully implemented by december 21st 2015. ptc is required on lines where hazardous material is transported and required on any railroad where inner city or computer rail passenger service is conducted. following passage of the ptc in 2008, railroads submitted their plans in 2010. these plans laid out a path forward that would allow each railroad to meet the deadline. safety is the federal railroad association top priority. the rail system is not as safe as it could be without the full