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   conklin  wrote:   
   >   
   >"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote in message   
   >news:ll5r60$1i7$2@news.albasani.net...   
   >> conklin  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:ll5js2$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-s   
   eeping-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.   
   >>>   
   >>>-----------------------------------   
   >>   
   >>>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.   
   >   
   >If Metro-North uses track montoring equipment on each train, then oil trians   
   >should do that too.   
      
   George, please use your words to form a coherent thought and explain   
   exactly what it is you want to accomplish for the good of the railroad.   
      
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