What system is now used for keeping up with railroad cars? I don't see "bar codes" on the cars anymore.

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why are the telephone poles along railroad tracks so short?

Railroad cars, and locomotives, in North America have attached to their frames what are called AEI (Automatic Equipment Identification) tags, which are basically radio-frequency ID tags embedded in epoxy. At regular spacing along the tracks, there are AEI scanners which tie into the railroads' computer systems and provide an active update of the cars' location.

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I am insearch of any information on the railroad slavery help along route 2 in west virgina any help gratful?

I believe there is a box attached to the side of the car that can be read electronically as the car passes.

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what are fish plates in rails?electric trains run on which motors AC/DC?

Kb9 either work for a Railroad or is a fanatic, He is right.

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Is there regular and dependable rail service daily between Belfast and Londonderry?

kb9 is right on the money! I saw this on a documentary about freight trains. Everything's gone high tech nowadays. These trains/cars are tracked from a central location/dispatch center.

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