Caption: Well, here is something different. An Automated Car Inspection Portal.
This curious looking box-like structure is located about a mile west of the village of Ste Anne in Manitoba. It is one of two in operation; the other being in Winnipeg.
The machine is filled with LED lights and high-definition cameras that instantly capture a 360 degree view of each car as it rolls thru at track speed; around 60 MPH. Rather than manual inspection of rail cars that can take a couple of hours each by CN employees, this machine does the job in seconds, picking out any defective cars as the train passes.
Heading toward Fort Frances Ontario from CN's Winnipeg Symington Yard is eastbound CN 2990, NS 9887 and 1214.
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There is one of these “super scanners” at Mile 31 on the Bala sub between Setter and Pine Orchard as well. I think it came online about 3 years ago now give or take and I remember reading a bulletin saying it was one of several new ones Canada wide. 1.5 Million a pop, allegedly!
Thanks!!! I heard more were going to be built, and I guess my information is already old.