TIME FOR DECISION IN MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY

Maintenance-of-way planners, instead of lamenting larger cars and increased traffic, should work to integrate current technological progress with the demands of current traffic. The author suggests that maintenance officers join with other departments to improve profitability, determining all factors that affect costs. Economic analysis cannot be purely historical; increased data processing capabilities mean that it is no longer necessary to generalize costs. The importance of supervision, maintenance procedures and equipment, productivity, and track data collection are stressed. Efforts must continue to strengthen a "mature" track structure and to plan for incorporation of improved materials and processes.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Berkshire, H B
• Publication Date: 1981-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 41-44
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; High capacity cars; Maintenance of way; Productivity; Project management; Railroad tracks; Traffic density
• Identifier Terms: Southern Pacific Railroad
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques; Project analysis; Track structures
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331470
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM