RR's are a private corporation, that tries to make a profit moving freight ... they don't have all the money in the world, to spend on hundreds of night vision CCTV cameras, all over a yard that is 5 miles long, and is 36 tracks wide ... most yards are pitch dark, pitch black ... lit up yards make it easy for vandals to see what they are defacing without the use of flashlights
Have a cheap-o wifi cameras on my house that see fine in the dark... and I can watch from anywhere on my phone... Everyone is getting these now and they are dirt cheap. How much money does RR's lose in stolen and destroyed goods?
I don't a pony in this race... I'm just saying... Technology now allows this and it's cheap. I mean... who would have guessed that most every police officer would now be waring a body cam plus they have a dash cam in their car. Just one example.