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[quote user="n012944"] <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Bucyrus:</div> <div></div> There will be no more carrying knuckles through the snow.  The mobil repair service will be like a traveling pit stop that goes where it is needed.        <div style="clear:both;"></div>   </blockquote>   Really?  So what part of this new tech will make broken knuckles only happen at grade crossings?  There are plenty of places where the only way the right of way can be gotten to is on the rail.   <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] I think they can mechanize the process to the point where they can get power equipment to the site of the break no matter where it is.  They might not get a truck to the spot, but they could develop power equipment that would be an extension of what the truck can reach.  I don't think this will happen overnight.  And it won't happen in a vacuum.  It will just be a gradual part of a much larger process of development.  And it won't just happen as a universal changeover.  And because it is a labor issue, there will be tremendous resistance, aside from the technical hurdles.<o:p></o:p> But they are working on coupling and uncoupling freight cars by remote control in order to reduce danger.  That seems like a rather far fetched objective with lots of technical issues.  If they are serious about that, remote running doesn't seem like that big of a reach.  There are people working on developing almost everything you can imagine.  I am not advocating remote or automatic running.  I am not even sure what the cost benefit would be.  But it does seem to be a idea that continues to germinate. And every big change that can be seen coming is always met by disbelief that it is possible.
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