IF they can’t spend a couple thousand on safety equipment then they have no business being in business. One camera facing down the side of train can see a lot of rail cars. Did you notice that low cost home security systems are what took video of the sparking train going by. You know the kind that you buy at Walmart for $500 Dollars. They have no excuse.
What makes you believe the bill would be only a couple of thousands of dollars? My guess is that the expenditure would most likely run into the millions of dollars. Perhaps even 10s or 100s of millions of dollars.
In the fiscal year of 2021, the main expenditures of Union Pacific Corporation were divided into seven categories. That year, Union Pacific spent over two billion U.S. dollars in expenses, of which 16.4 percent were attributed to fuel and gasoline costs for highway and non-highway vehicles and heavy equipment.
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As I said earlier, I really do not know much about the rail systems in the nation, but I'm pretty sure that the costs associated to keep them running are very high indeed.
You know the kind that you buy at Walmart for $500 Dollars.
No, I actually have no idea about ring cameras at all, as I do not have a need for them. I live in the country, and have other forms of alert systems. 🙂
Trains, especially freight trains, are long and the tracks are not always straight either. Would a ring camera really provide the kind of coverage needed, I honestly doubt they would be sufficient at all.