BRUSH IT ALL AWAY

This article looks at how vegetation control for railroads is an important part of maintenance of way operations. With smaller work windows and resilient weeds, railroads are finding that vegetation control applications need to be more vigilant. The article describes how mechanical brush-cutting, new herbicides, and high-speed spray trucks and spray trains equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities that allow for more precise and high-speed applications, are helping to improve vegetation control practices. The article also discusses the importance of fighting herbicide resistance by preventing the development of herbicide-resistant weed species.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1763403
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range: pp 23-24, 26
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Wanek, M
• Publication Date: 2005-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brush control; Herbicides; Maintenance of way; Railroad tracks; Sprayers; Vegetation control
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00986875
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 2 2005 12:00AM