BNSF became the first to operate in Canada under Positive Train Control (PTC), a technology that provides an added safety layer for train braking. Locomotive Engineer Buddy Hall and Conductor Ioannis Kalogiros were on board for the inaugural run. The PTC-controlled segment spans roughly 17 miles from Brownsville, near Vancouver, to the U.S. border. BNSF is currently the only railroad operating with PTC in Canada.
The New Westminster Subdivision also hosts Amtrak service between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., which means those trains and their passengers now benefit from this enhanced safety system.
