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Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems (apnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems::The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm surprised it isn't already automated, you'd think it'd save money

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just not fixing things saves even more money.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

And then when it starts to cost money the government gives it to them.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 year ago

It's kind of automated: when the locomotive spots a problem, it rolls over. Then people come along to fix it.

[–] Blamemeta 0 points 1 year ago

Its there,but it only monitors breakage. Warpage is much harder to detect without actually sending someone down there after every train.