DEFERRED MAINTENANCE: A PROFIT MAXIMIZING APPROACH

A definition of deferred maintenance to maximize profits is developed in terms of train weights and speed. From these optimum values the rate of track deterioration can be determined and expenditures required to restore track to some previous level fixed. The methods should allow railroads to determine where they may be over-expending on track, as well as setting maintenance priorities. The analysis will help identify unprofitable track which the railroad may want to abandon.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Bausch, J A
  • Hooven, R R
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 60-64
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deferred maintenance; Deterioration; Economic analysis; Maintenance management; Maintenance of way; Maintenance practices; Mathematical models; Planning; Profitability; Railroad tracks; Traffic density
• Old TRIS Terms: Track deterioration
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172631
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM