FREIGHT CAR MAINTENANCE: MATERIAL - ENERGY - COST CONSERVATION
The Shippers Car Line Division of ACF Industries has a fleet of 36,000 freight cars which are maintained on a planned basis. Railroad shops perform much of the running repair. Because of the extensive data which has been acquired on its fleet, Shippers pinpoints car parts which are high-maintenance items and suggests procedures that would minimize costs and out-of-service time. The cost analysis of various maintenance policies are mentioned.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This is a paper from the proceedings of the 11th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1974. Other individual papers from this conference have been accessioned separately for RRIS. The following is a list of the RRIS numbers of these papers preceded by its section number as it is contained in the bulletin: 03 097308, 03 097309, 13 097310, 04 097311, 03, 097312, 03 097313, 04 097314, 03 097315, 03 097316, 03 097317, 03 097319. The entire proceedings 03 097307 has also been accessioned. All of these are contained in Bulletin 7502.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Authors:
- Ruprecht, W J
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1974
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 17-26
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Car shops (Railroads); Costs; Freight cars; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Planning; Vehicle design; Vehicle maintenance
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
- Old TRIS Terms: Car component design; Car shops; Freight car maintenance
- Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00097318
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM