Railroad systems across the country are required to comply with the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and the Federal Railroad Administration’s PTC regulations. These requirements include the delivery of a PTC Implementation Plan, a PTC Development Plan, and a PTC Safety Plan. The PTC system must be designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursion into established work zone limits, as well as the movement of a train through a switch in the wrong position.

DTB’s team of subject matter experts and technicians offers exceptional assistance in meeting these requirements and deadlines. We can help throughout the implementation process – from the development of the test plan, all the way through testing. We provide both the equipment and the personnel to operate and verify the performance of the PTC communication systems.

Test Plan Generation and Development:

• Test procedures
• Test plans
• Engineering documentation

RF Performance Testing:

• Fading
• Carrier-to-Interference (C/I)
• Intermodulation rejection
• RF performance with ancillary filters and amplifiers

Communication Systems Bench Testing:

• Traffic loading and density
• Latency and throughput
• Peak loading
• Mobile – base selection and handoff
• TDMA functionality and performance
• Operational scenarios in support of ACSES