From: ahk@chinet.com

conklin  wrote:
>
> wrote in message
>news:4992f897-fa17-41c7-b650-e1b6c2448af6@googlegroups.com...
>>
>http://www.mta.info/news/2014/05/15/metro-north-announces-sweep
ng-series-safety-reforms
>
>
>Automated Track Inspection: Metro-North has developed a comprehensive
>automated track inspection plan. This plan includes the use of track
>geometry measurements, machine vision track inspection, and rail internal
>defect testing. These efforts will augment the visual inspections conducted
>by the railroad. Metro-North is purchasing an autonomous track monitoring
>system to be mounted on passenger rail cars, to provide continuous
>information about the condition of the right-of-way. The railroad will also
>obtain a dedicated track geometry vehicle.
>
>
>
>This is what is needed for those 120 car oil trains.  They need a sensors on
>every oil train.

And do what, exactly, George, that automated track inspection doesn't
achieve when performed at regular intervals? You're completely insane.

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