Enhance the hot bearing detector network Pilot next-generation hot bearing detectors Work with industry on practices for hot bearing detectors
What's the relevance? The current detectors worked, were known to be alarming and were ignored. This is documented. The detectors aren't the problem.
You are correct.
here’s the part the report didn’t address: Leaders of Ohio railroad unions say even if the rail-side sensors do say “stop,” sometimes that alarm is ignored.
railroads began a new scheduling system to save money
Norfolk Southern disregarded a similar mechanical problem on another train that months earlier jumped the tracks in Ohio
I guess it's cheaper to derail cars rather than stop and check anything.
even if a defect is detected there’s no regulation that says you must stop and inspect that car.
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