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TRACK INSPECTION APPROACHES FOR SAFETY AND MAINTENACE PLANNING

Beth Price

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For several years the Bessemer & Lake Erie has taken part in a study of track geometry and track degradation. The objectives are development of quantitative ratings of track quality and utilization of such data for long-range track maintenance planning. A special car has been instrumented for the railroad's own regular use in measuring wheel-rail forces and the FRA's track geometry measurement car is used periodically for added data collection. The railroad is working toward a system which may be used as a full-time maintenance planning tool.

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For several years the Bessemer & Lake Erie has taken part in a study of track geometry and track degradation. The objectives are development of quantitative ratings of track quality and utilization of such data for long-range track maintenance planning. A special car has been instrumented for the railroad's own regular use in measuring wheel-rail forces and the FRA's track geometry measurement car is used periodically for added data collection. The railroad is working toward a system which may be used as a full-time maintenance planning tool.

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For several years the Bessemer & Lake Erie has taken part in a study of track geometry and track degradation. The objectives are development of quantitative ratings of track quality and utilization of such data for long-range track maintenance planning. A special car has been instrumented for the railroad's own regular use in measuring wheel-rail forces and the FRA's track geometry measurement car is used periodically for added data collection. The railroad is working toward a system which may be used as a full-time maintenance planning tool.

Key concepts: Track (disk drive), Track geometry, Range (aeronautics), Quality (philosophy), Data collection, Computer science, Transport engineering, Engineering

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