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It would be interesting to see train conductors on electric mountain bikes, with drones scanning each side of the stopped train for damaged or cut air hoses, ho
by dmckeon 3y ago
It would be interesting to see train conductors on electric mountain bikes, with drones scanning each side of the stopped train for damaged or cut air hoses, hotbox bearings, etc. Could save a lot of walking, if the railroad and the union agree.
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- jojobas 3y agoAutomated (dye) gun turret car every 50 meters of the train.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoSome cars are 89 feet long, so every 50 meters is every third car. That's a lot of overhead. Theft would have to be huge for that to be anywhere near realistic.
- jojobas 3y agoSounds like it is huge.
- euroderf 3y agoA gantry outside of Barstow that plops a device on top of every third (or fifth) car. Outgoing traffic collects them off again.
- dotancohen 3y agoIt would still be less expensive than an armed Marine, and that solution has been effective before.
- anigbrowl 3y agoDisposable overalls: $10