MAINTENANCE PLANNING FOR FREIGHT AND TRANSIT SYSTEMS

Planning has become an essential element of track maintenance on heavy-tonnage freight and high-density commuter/transit lines. RT&S and Zeta-Tech Associates held a two day conference on track-maintenance planning in which engineers and planners discussed some of the approaches that are in use and under development on transit agencies and regional and commuter railroads. This article looks at how freight railroads plan maintenance.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Publication Date: 1991-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15,16,22
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight service; Freight trains; Freight transportation; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Management; Planning; Public transit; Transit vehicle operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Transit management
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00622878
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1992 12:00AM