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Re:Ask HN: Anyone interested in a open source library to tra... by d33lio on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:12PM (#25306397)
Is this kind of info publicly available? I know tracking trains / providing this info publicly is illegal in many US states.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone interested in a open source library to tra... by dhruvkar on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:00PM (#25306984)
You can track containers on railroad websites. Some require a company login, which they manually approve. Others don't. Some require you to be a 'Notify Party', others don't.

The trains aren't being tracked. Containers are. And not real time. Rather it's a snapshot every 12-18 hours.

Maybe what you're thinking of applies to the trains themselves? Or specific types of railcars?

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone interested in a open source library to tra... by snypher on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:20PM (#25306487)
Can you speak more to this? I've thought about using some ALPR type system to read tanker car registrations from a nearby webcam.
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