TRACK INSPECTION APPROACHES FOR SAFETY AND MAINTENACE PLANNING
For several years the Bessemer & Lake Erie has taken part in a study of track geometry and track degradation. The objectives are development of quantitative ratings of track quality and utilization of such data for long-range track maintenance planning. A special car has been instrumented for the railroad's own regular use in measuring wheel-rail forces and the FRA's track geometry measurement car is used periodically for added data collection. The railroad is working toward a system which may be used as a full-time maintenance planning tool.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Presented at the 13th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference, Pueblo, Colorado, October 12-13, 1976, and included in the Conference Proceedings, "Railroading Challenges in America's Third Century--Improved Reliability and Safety," sponsored by the FRA's Office of Research and Development, U.S. DOT.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Railroad Administration
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Authors:
- Price, B H
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1977-7
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 60-69
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Information processing; Inspection cars; Maintenance management; Maintenance of way; Maintenance practices; Measurement; Planning; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Rolling contact; Wheels
- Identifier Terms: Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
- Old TRIS Terms: Track geometry measurement
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00163793
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-77/13 Conf Paper
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM