(Source: Bloomberg, January 16, 2025)
The Federal Railroad Administration is eyeing a test of a self-driving train car on Georgia railroads, which has sparked similar outrage from union leaders who are still reeling from the East Palestine train derailment, where federal investigators found that railway heat sensors failed to notify the train operators that a bearing was overheating in time. “Legislators have to understand what AI means to certain industries, and they have to put safeguards in to protect the public. It’s just not about protecting our jobs,” said Mark Wallace, first vice president of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
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