Maintenance Planning for Rail Asset Management—Current Practices
The occurrence of rail defects, broken
rails, and broken rail derailments is consistent with the rate of development found in other
studies that look at larger populations of rail defects. Likewise, the larger and more heavily
used transit systems develop increased levels of defects, which is again consistent with
what is seen in the railroad industry at large.
The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's
TCRP Synthesis 151: Maintenance Planning for Rail Asset Management—Current Practices
presents the results of a survey and the analysis of the response data in an effort
to synthesize current practices.
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