Are there cameras on freight trains?

But many freight railroads, including all the biggest ones that handle a majority of shipments nationwide, have installed cameras voluntarily, starting with outward-facing cameras and later adding ones showing the crews' actions. The cameras are less common on smaller railroads.



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