The new portals, equipped with high-speed cameras, will take hundreds of pictures of every passing locomotive and rail car.
Unlike previous versions, these new inspection portals will be able to capture all sides of a train that passes through them with well-lit images.
University of Delaware professor Allan Zarembski, who leads the Railroad Engineering and Safety Program there, said it's significant that Norfolk Southern is investing in so many of the portals.
The Atlanta-based railroad didn't say how much it is investing in the technology it worked with Georgia Tech to develop.
That crash put the spotlight on railroad safety nationwide and prompted calls for reforms.
Persons:
carmen, Allan Zarembski, David Clarke, ” Clarke, “, Norfolk, We’re, John Fleps, Alan Shaw's
Organizations:
Norfolk Southern, Rail, University of Delaware, Railroad Engineering, Safety, CSX, University of Tennessee’s Center for Transportation Research, Georgia Tech
Locations:
OMAHA, Neb, Norfolk, Ohio, Leetonia , Ohio, East Palestine, Atlanta, Palestine