From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   conklin  wrote:   
   >   
   >"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote in message   
   >news:ll5js2$iav$1@news.albasani.net...   
   >> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>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.   
   >   
   >   
   >Do you ever bother reading what you post?  Here is part of your reference:   
   >   
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   >   
   >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.   
   >   
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   >You say that is ok for Metro-North, but BAD for oil trains.   
      
   At no point have I said it was ok for Metro North.   
      
   I'm saying that track monitoring may get the track repaired before   
   subsequent trains travel on that route, but they don't get the track repaired   
   for the train equipped with track-monitoring equipment.   
      
   >Oil trains need   
   >the track monitoring system to be mounted on each train to provide   
   >continuous information about the right-of-way.  No exceptions.  Just like   
   >Metro-North is going to do.   
      
   Well, know, what you want is the train ahead of the oil train to have   
   monitored track conditions, so that the oil train moves over newly-repaired   
   track. But that's stupid because track doesn't require monitoring before   
   every single fucking train.   
      
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