GRINDING DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISE

This article discusses how railroads can tailor grinding programs to meet their specific needs, allowing them to keep expensive rail in service longer. Various grinding strategies are available, enabling railroads and transit agencies to achieve savings in cost and have smoother and quieter rides. The article profiles four companies, describing their new procedures and implementations, speciality grinding techniques, and a new modular concept which features a new type of trolley, that ensures a considerable increase of output while also maintaining a high quality of grinding.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1763403
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Judge, T
• Publication Date: 2003-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 53-55
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Maintenance of way cars; Preventive maintenance; Rail grinding; Wear
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00962250
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 2 2003 12:00AM