LOCOMOTIVE IN-SERVICE FAILURES/DEFECT ANALYSIS

File name is LOCOMOTIVE FAILURE/DEFECT FILE, CAR MOVEMENT HISTORY FILE. Major objective of computer program is to isolate major causes of locomotive in-service failures. Input consists of: 1. Data on the results of a monthly spectrographic analysis of samples of the cooling water, crank case oil, and air compressor oil from each locomotive. 2. Data on in-service failures (motive power failures which result in either reducing the tonnage of a train or in a train delay.) 3. Diesel shop report on in-service failure giving cause, type to defect, data repaired, etc. 4. Reports of locomotive defects (conditions not causing failure). Monthly output reports include: 1. A raw data tabulation of each failure listing all pertinents data and sorted by locomotive model and within model by cause of failure. 2. A summary of locomotive in-service failures by maintenance points, locomotive model, and failing component for both one month and three-month periods giving number of failures and failures per million miles. 3. Summary of locomotive defects by defective component and by the reporting Road Foremen of Engines. 4. A summary of in-service failures by operating division and by type of service (passenger, freight, or switching). 5. Identification of units which have had repetitive duplicate oil lab findings.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southern Railway System

  99 Spring Street, SW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30303
• Authors:
  • SMITH, S H
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Components; Computer programs; Diesel engines; Failure; Locomotives; Reliability; Spectrographic analysis; Vehicle maintenance
• Identifier Terms: COBOL (Computer program language)
• Old TRIS Terms: Diesel engine maintenance; Failure indexes; Ibm 360; Ibm 370; Locomotive component analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098776
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Railway Engineering Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1976 12:00AM