BNSF'S THAYER BLITZ: MEETING THE MAINTENANCE CHALLENGE

This presentation, offered at a conference on railroad track and structures, provides an in-depth description of a major maintenance effort by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) on one of its main lines. This maintenance "blitz," as it is termed in the presentation, took place on the Thayer subdivision, between Memphis and Springfield, Missouri, and involved 250 miles of track. Specific maintenance completed consisted of: 8 bridges renewed, 41,000 concrete ties and 46,000 wood ties installed, 32 miles of undercutting, 1,300 thermite welds, 115 track miles of surfacing, 115,000 lineal feet of rail relays, 282 pass miles of rail grinding, and 177 grade crossings rebuilt. The work took 12 days to finish with expenditures of $16 million dollars.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference available on CD-ROM. Listed on the CD-ROM's index of titles as: Thayer Maintenance Blitz.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

  10003 Derekwood Lane, Suite 210
  Lanham, MD  United States  20706
• Authors:
  • Franke, M W
• Conference:
  • 1998 AREMA Track and Structures Conference
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 1998-9-14 to 1998-9-16
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Maintenance of way; Rail (Railroads); Rail components; Rail grinding; Railroad bridges; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796043
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 20 2000 12:00AM