northeast corridor, the new york line from new brunswick to trenton and on the mid-atlantic line from perryville, maryland to wilmington delaware. now as for septa lines, officials tell i team septa is spending more than 300 million-dollar to install ptc on its commuter rail network and expects to meet the federal year end deadline. for the iteam i'm charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> we now you have to wear one when you drive a car and when you fly on the plane but when it comes to seat belts in most cases you won't find them on trains. could they help protect passengers in a crash? three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan is at 30th street station with some answers jim. >> reporter: chris, would you certainly think that seat belts would help minimize injuries in the train wreck but that is not necessarily the case when amtrak train 188 derailed tuesday night in port richmond anything that wasn't secured went flying, including the passengers. >> i would ask people and those awake what happened to you and they said oh, somebody felon me. it is not just falling on them, pe

the new york line from new brunswick to trenton and on the mid atlantic line from perry perryville, marylando wilmington, delaware in philadelphia the system was not yet finish and amtrak says money is partly to blame. but despite the $50,000 per mile price tag amtrak says, they'll get the job done. >> we have to change a lot of things on the corridor to make it work. and we're very close to being able to cut it in. we need some testing done on interference with the 220-megahertz radios we're dealing with but we will complete this by the end of the year. >> reporter:s for septa lines officials tell the i-team septa spending more than $300 million to install ptc on its commuter rail network and expects to meet the federal year end deadline there. >> it will be interesting to see. >> at this point there seems to be universal agreement this could have prevented this tragedy from happening. >> absolutely. it overrides the engineer. so essentially it eliminates human error. >> charlotte, thanks so much. >> no problem. >> amtrak says service between new york and boston and washington and philadelp

railroad administration, the technology has been installed in three different corridors, between perryville and wilmington delaware and another between trenton, new jersey and new brunswick, new jersey, and then between new haven connecticut and boston. we're told it has not been installed anywhere in the philadelphia region including the curve where the accident happened today. and the ntsb just mentioned positive train control within the last hour for the first time in its press conference. >> we are very keen on positive train control. we feel if such a system had been installed in this part of the track this know would not have occurred. >> the big question now is if this section was supposed to get this technology any time in the near future, we are looking into it and we will keep you posted on what we final. news4 i-team. >> thank you. >>> a really serious traffic story developing this evening right here. the icc in montgomery don't has been close in the both directions near new hampshire avenue. a county dump truck hauling asphalt flipped over and crashed. the driver was pinned in t

between perryville maryland and delaware and brunswick, new jersey and new haven, connecticut, and boston, but it has not been installed anywhere in the philadelphia region. >> today, we are committing to, and i'm committing to meeting the requirement of train control that will happen on the northeast corridor by the end o ff this year. >>> congress did order the rail lines to install pct by 2008. >>> and as you might expect amtrak is working on the modified routes as there are routes between philadelphia and new york and those rail services have been canceled at this moment. >> and now, john boehner lashed out to those criticizing the cut of amtrack funds. >> are you really going to ask such a stupid question? it is all about funding and it is all about funding they started it yesterday. it is not obviously about funding. the train was going twice the speed limit. >> the lawmakers in the house did pass a spending bill after cutting the funds for amtrak by more than $200 million, and most of the democrats were against that plan. and remember if anything breaks with the story, we will send

i talked to a passenger who came down from perryville to go to church in baltimore and he told me the train lines and the rails were all clear. he only noticed one train going northbound to him. that is the scene from here. i'm paul gessler reporting. back to you. leon: good to hear there are not problems there. we expect to have a news conference with the ntsb at the top of the hour to learn more about what is going on with their investigation. the process of going through the wreckage site still continues. the mayor said they have found every person on board the train. we'll keep you posted. back to you. scott: thank you. the amtrak accident in philadelphia stirs up difficult memories for residents in a baltimore county community. alison: in 1987 amtrak colonial 94 crashed in a freight train. this is in chase maryland. people died and were hurt. bill and barbara are in the same house they lived in during the disaster and they remember the day. >> a loud explosion. we were taking the christmas tree down. >> the train was behind my buddy's house. we were bringing them over to be in on