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Title:

DETAILED INSPECTION OF U.S. ARMY RAILROAD TRACKAGE AND APPLICATION TO CIVILIAN SHORT-LINE RAILROADS

Accession Number:

00495150

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309049652

Abstract:

The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory has developed a railroad track maintenance management decision support system called RAILER. The detailed track inspection procedures are designed to implement the recently issued Army Track Standards in a manner consistent with the larger goals of RAILER, thus promoting both track safety and track maintenance management. The inspection procedures are divided into six track component areas, and field inspection forms have been developed that guide the inspector through the inspection of each component area. The inspection procedures include measures for dealing with track components that are hidden, such as by vegetation or road crossings. In addition to the Army Track Standards, the inspection procedures can also support other track standards such as those propagated by the FRA or designed by a private operator. This property serves to facilitate a transfer to the civilian sector. The inspection procedures also take advantage of the RAILER computer software to ease the overall burden of the inspector.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1241, Railroad Transportation Issues. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01492693

Authors:

Brown, David G
Uzarski, Donald R
Harris, Richard W

Pagination:

p. 16-26

Publication Date:

1989

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1241
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309049652

Features:

Figures (8) ; References (8)

Identifier Terms:

United States Army

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Research

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 30 1990 12:00AM

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