ECONOMICS OF METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSAL OF DISCARDED CROSS TIES (COMMITTEE 22 - ECONOMICS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE)

A QUESTIONNARIRE WAS SENT TO 63 REPRESENTATIVES OF 29 RAILROADS AND TO FOUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS. THE 25 REPLIES DISCUSSED TIE-DISPOSAL PRACTICE ON 19 RAILROADS IN 1971. THE VARIOUS MEANS OF DISPOSAL --- CUTTING, BURNING, DECAY ON SITE, BURIAL, HAULING TO DISPOSAL AREAS, SELLING AND GIVING AWAY, AND MECHHANICAL DESTRUCTION --- ARE DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF TIES ACCOUNTED FOR BY EACH METHOD. SEVERAL MACHINES ARE BEING OFFERED ON THE MARKET THAT USE THE PRINCIPLE OF GRINDING OR SHREDDING WHOLE TIES OR PIECES OF TIES INTO CHIPS AND BLOWING OR CONVEYING THEM OUT ONTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF TWO SUCH MACHINES ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL.

• Authors:
  • Worley, B J
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 31-4
• Serial:
  • Am Railway Engineering Assoc Bulletin
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 639

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Economic analysis; Maintenance; Maintenance equipment; Methodology; Questionnaires; Railroad ties; Waste disposal
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disposal
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219055
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Bull
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM