Drones protest overtime work on railroad

BNSF Railway, headquartered in Fort Worth TX, is using a UAV system to inspect its railroad assets.
BNSF is currently the only railroad company to be working with the FAA to test flying UAVs beyond visual line-of-sight, and is now able to double the miles of track inspected every year. 

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