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GALVA, Kan. — The National Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary report could be out in a few weeks into the collision of two Union Pacific trains in McPherson County September 25th.

An eastbound train struck the last several cars and a locomotive of a west bound train that was pulling onto a siding near Galva.

The NTSB has not released new information about the accident that destroyed three locomotives and about 30 railroad cars. There were no injuries.

The NTSB is working to determine if Positive Train Control would have prevented the accident.

PTC is being installed in all major railroads to help prevent such events from happening.

The expensive and somewhat controversial program uses GPS to position trains, and stop them if they are in danger of an accident, even if the locomotive engineer fails to do so.