ASSISTANCE OF NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RAILROAD IN SOLVING SOILS AND FOUNDATION PROBLEMS

This paper describes the informal assistance that soils engineers from the New York State Department of Transportation have provided to the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company for the solution of several embankment failures that interrupted traffic operations. Under the present New York State Railroad Service Preservation Bond Act, engineering assistance is available to the railroads, and soils engineers are investigating areas of recurring track maintenance problems caused by soils and water conditions. The goal is to develop solutions for permanent stabilization that will be more economical than continual maintenance. Geotechnical engineering can have a significant input into reducing some of the costs of track operation and maintenance caused by soils, water, and foundation problems. In this case, the service was provided by a highway geotechnical organization. Highway and railroad soils and foundations problems are shown to be similar.

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  • This article appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 653, Track Systems and Other Related Railroad Topics. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Schultz, H E
  • McDermott, T J
  • Lamb, S E
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 48-51
• Monograph Title: Track systems and other related railroad topics
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 653
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Embankments; Foundations; Landslides; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; State departments of transportation
• Identifier Terms: Delaware and Hudson Railway Company
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankment stabilization
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00183894
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309026822
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 3 1978 12:00AM