NDLI: Review of Current Maintenance Practices Used on Commuter and Passenger Rail Cars

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Lamont, B. Ward
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Commuter and passenger railroads invest large amounts of capital to purchase and maintain their rolling stock. Funding for maintenance is largely derived from operating budgets with some funds coming from other sources. Realizing maintenance is vital to the safety and operations of their rolling stock, railroads use maintenance methodologies found in other industries along with government regulations and in-house practices to determine the best maintenance practice for their fleet. By using Condition Based Maintenance, Life Cycle Maintenance, and Reliability Centered Maintenance, railroads have increased reliability by isolating unreliable parts and performing corrective actions when needed. This increases scheduled maintenance and reduces unscheduled maintenance. However, unscheduled maintenance still impacts operations and reliability for railroads. Rolling stock repair costs due to unscheduled maintenance are not captured or analyzed so further improvement can be made in this area.
Sponsorship	Rail Transportation Division
Starting Page	301
Ending Page	311
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0791848124
DOI	10.1115/JRC2008-63008
e-ISBN	0791838161
Conference Proceedings	IEEE/ASME/ASCE 2008 Joint Rail Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2008-04-22
Publisher Place	Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Rails Railroads Governments Cycles Regulations Maintenance Safety Automobiles Reliability Corrective actions
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Quasi-Static and Dynamic Sled Testing of Prototype Commuter Rail Passenger Seats

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