AAR seeks FRA permission to scale back visual track inspections where automated systems are used to find defects

AAR seeks FRA permission to scale back visual track inspections where automated systems are used to find defects

By | May 23, 2025

Organization says change would allow railroads to redeploy track inspectors where automated systems have discovered problem

Boxcar equipped with scientific instruments for railroad track inspection.

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