Remote monitoring improves locomotive availability

By 2002-08-01T10:00:00

INTRO: Maintenance staff can now monitor the actual performance of diesel engines and other locomotive components working thousands of miles away thanks to on-board networked computers and radio links that make each locomotive a node on the internet. EMD began proof-of-concept testing last year with US railways

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