"conklin"  wrote:
>  wrote in message
> news:4992f897-fa17-41c7-b650-e1b6c2448af6@googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.mta.info/news/2014/05/15/metro-north-announces-swe
ping-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.

So... they're going to catch up to where the Class 1 railroads have been
for a decade or so?

>
> This is what is needed for those 120 car oil trains.  They need a sensors on
> every oil train

I'll bet you $100 that the Metro North autonomous system not be installed
on every train; that they will be put on a only a few cars; that they will
not actually measure the track but will actually be accelerometers to
measure "ride quality"; and, In general will work exactly the same (and
probably be bought from the same vendor) as the ones currently installed on
dozens if not hundreds of freight locomotives.

Dan

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