New York / March 19, 2007
Federal Railroad Administration Brings Special Train to Look at New York Railways
The Federal Railroad Administration has brought a high-tech tool to New York State to scan the rails and see how they stand up to federal safety standards.
That high-tech tool is a specially equipped train car called the T16 – which will look at hundreds of miles of track across New York in the next couple of days.
The federal railroad administrator, who lives not far from the latest derailment, moved this inspection up because of the incident, and says this is just one part of making the rails safer.
Within the monitors inside and outside a sleek, reconfigured Amtrak train car, millions of calculations are being made to ensure the safety of the rails that carry freight and passenger trains through New York – in this case, specifically between Albany and Schenectady.
Joseph Boardman/Federal Railroad Administrator: “This is a unique piece of rail safety equipment that measures whether the two tracks are level and if the width between the tracks is acceptable to avoid derailments.”
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