BRIDGE REPAIR OR RENEWAL

File name is REBE. Computer program to determine if a bridge should be repaired or renewed. It will also compare the economics of various new structures. The program has a library of life and annual maintenance costs of all usual railroad bridge types. The discounted cash flow method of analysis is used in determining the various alternatives. Input consists of punched cards containing bridge identification, as to whether the structure is new or is to be repaired, structure geometry, estimated A & B and IOE costs, salvage and depreciation, interest and income tax rates. Output provides costs of the structures over their lives for comparison by the user.

• Corporate Authors:

  Atchison, Tokeka and Santa Fe Railway

  9th and Jackson Streets, Information Systems Department
  Topeka, KS  United States  66628
• Authors:
  • Stane, R A
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Budgeting; Computer programs; Cost effectiveness; Economic analysis; Rate of return; Reconstruction; Repairing
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language)
• Old TRIS Terms: Bridge repairs; Ibm 370
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Economics; Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098763
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Railway Engineering Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1975 12:00AM