ALTERNATIVE FREIGHT CAR MAINTENANCE POLICIES WITH ATTRACTIVE RELIABILITY/COST RELATIONSHIPS

In this paper, rail industry maintenance policies are assessed and compared with several possible alternatives. The alternatives are each based upon the application of statistical methods to failure data already collected by most freight car owners under the Car Repair Billing system managed by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). By use of a simulation model, it is shown that car owners should consider alternatives to the current policies.

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• Authors:
  • Little, P
  • Sussman, J
  • Martland, C D
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 238-252
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Data analysis; Freight cars; Maintenance; Mathematical analysis; Policy; Simulation; Statistical analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00618082
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1991 12:00AM