NEW YORK – The Metro-North Railroad division of the MTA will spend $11.8 million for a device called a geometry car. The high-tech machine will be used to ride the rails to locate potential issues before they cause problems, noted Metro-North President Joseph Giulietti.
“We have been borrowing geometry cars from Long Island. We have an MTA blue ribbon panel of federal Railroad Administration and National Transportation Safety Board reports that all said we need to get a track geometry car,” Giulietti said. “We are getting one of the most advanced track inspection vehicles in the world and this vehicle will further enhance our efforts to identify potential track problems so they can be repaired before they become safety issues and affecting the service.”
The MTA board this week approved the purchase of the machine.
