by freightguy
Small article in Newsday that the MTA is putting a "request for proposal" for wheel impact load(hotbox) and freight car tag readers around the Queens Village area. Figured the nod to tracking freight cars was worth a post. They want to install them on Metro North also. It will be interesting to see how the hotbox detectors work with commuter trains which are constantly on/off the brakes which may in some cases give a false alarm for the detectors.
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