(Source: Trains.com, July 16, 2024)
The Federal Railroad Administration has updated its 2023 safety advisory that encourages railroads to make better use of data from wayside hot-bearing detectors. The second supplement to the advisory, issued in draft form on Friday, emphasizes the need for railroads to collect, analyze, and respond to data from hot-bearing detectors.The advisory initially was issued in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern hazardous materials wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, which was caused by the failure of a wheel bearing on a covered hopper car.
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