I came back to DAV from OMA on the CZ of the 19th and there was what I thought was private varnish at the head of the consist. I asked the conductor about it and he said that in fact it was an experimental FRA car that in realtime via lasers did rail separation and surface condition/roughness measuring/measurements - he said in fact he was also interested in the results, and that if I asked him later in the trip he might have something to say about what had been learned/discovered. I didn't manage to connect with him before leaving the train. So: are there others in this knowledgeable forum that know about such an experiment, the setup and maybe the tentative results?
[First thought the "private varnish" had to do with the new Siemens engine that had gone to Pueblo a couple weeks ago - but the conductor said that he had been on the train that had taken Joe Broadman and company there a couple days later... but this FRA car was unrelated... was actually quite impressed that he knew as much as he did about what was going on at Pueblo and the new engines etc... but I guess one doesn't work on a railroad and not like trains and what's new.]
[First thought the "private varnish" had to do with the new Siemens engine that had gone to Pueblo a couple weeks ago - but the conductor said that he had been on the train that had taken Joe Broadman and company there a couple days later... but this FRA car was unrelated... was actually quite impressed that he knew as much as he did about what was going on at Pueblo and the new engines etc... but I guess one doesn't work on a railroad and not like trains and what's new.]
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