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Title: COST OF QUALITY: A POWERFUL MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH
Accession Number: 00662852
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: An introduction to infrastructure research is presented in this paper. The railroad infrastructure includes the track, structure, and signal systems. An approach to improve the focus of research, enhancing the development of a high-quality railroad system, is presented. To that end, it is recommended that all railroads develop and deploy a total infrastructure quality-costs system. A similar approach successfully worked for the Union Pacific Railroad Company during the past 5 years and has contributed to the railroad's ability to maintain the lowest operating ratio among North American railroads. For the railroad industry, improvements are needed in the measures of effectiveness, predictability, and maintenance requirements of track, structure, and signal systems.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00662847
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Thompson, W CPagination: p. 43-53
Publication Date: 1994
Conference:
Railroad Freight Transportation Research Needs
Location:
Bethesda, Maryland ISBN: 0309055032
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Appendices
(1)
; Figures
(1)
; References
(4)
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 15 1994 12:00AM
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