Today, FRA issued a Safety Advisory on hot bearing detectors—calling on railroads to take actions to improve the use, inspection, & maintenance of such devices. This is one of several actions being taken to advance freight rail safety. bit.ly/3EKoqI8
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@USDOTFRA Looking for thermal (heat) defects will only catch something right before it is about to fail catastrophically. You need to require acoustic detectors on lines that carry more than 7 MGT annually. They find defects long before it is too late.