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Federal ‘safety train’ rolls through Fresno

The Fresno Bee
The Federal Railroad Administration’s FRA DOTX 219 Track Geometry Car is seen idling on the Union Pacific Railroad main line along Roeding Park near downtown Fresno Tuesday morning, June 30, 2015. The self-propelled 106-ton vehicle is one of five traveling on railroad main lines across the U.S. for the FRA’s Automated Track Inspection Program. It contains an array of instruments and sensors to measure the alignment of the steel rails, track quality, wear and tear and other safety factors. It also has a kitchen, a computer room and seating for 19 people in addition to the engineer. DOTX 219, entered FRA service in 2007 and annually surveys about 30,000 miles of railroad track.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s FRA DOTX 219 Track Geometry Car is seen idling on the Union Pacific Railroad main line along Roeding Park near downtown Fresno Tuesday morning, June 30, 2015. The self-propelled 106-ton vehicle is one of five traveling on railroad main lines across the U.S. for the FRA’s Automated Track Inspection Program. It contains an array of instruments and sensors to measure the alignment of the steel rails, track quality, wear and tear and other safety factors. It also has a kitchen, a computer room and seating for 19 people in addition to the engineer. DOTX 219, entered FRA service in 2007 and annually surveys about 30,000 miles of railroad track. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com

The Federal Railroad Administration’s “safety train” rolled through Fresno on Tuesday.

The self-propelled, 106-ton vehicle is one of five traveling on railroad main lines across the U.S. for the FRA’s Automated Track Inspection Program. The vehicle contains an array of instruments and sensors to measure the alignment of the steel rails, track quality, wear and tear and other safety factors. It also has a kitchen, a computer room and seating for 19 people in addition to the engineer.

The safety train that rolled through Fresno on Tuesday has been in service since 2007 and annually surveys about 30,000 miles of railroad track.

This story was originally published June 30, 2015 at 3:59 PM with the headline "Federal ‘safety train’ rolls through Fresno."

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