1. Railroad Maintenance A presentation created for Lesson 3: Efficient Railroad Maintenance of the Exploring Transportation Maintenance Module

2. So what is Railroad Maintenance? Railways are made up of complex mechanical and electrical systems and there are hundreds of thousands of moving parts. If a railway service is to be reliable, the equipment must be kept in good working order and regular maintenance is the essential ingredient to achieve this. A railway will not survive for long as a viable operation if it is allowed to deteriorate because of lack of maintenance. Although maintenance is expensive, it will become more expensive to replace the failing equipment early in its life because maintenance has been neglected. http://www.railway-technical.com/train-maint.shtml

3. What would I do if I worked in track maintenance? http://www.you tube.com/watch ?v=Fn5e2EXjb1Y

4. What kind of equipment is used in railroad maintenance? Mechanized Road-Bed Maintenance Machines Ballast Cleaners (Shoulder Cleaners) Ditch Diggers Jordan Spreaders Defect Detection Cars Undercutters

5. What kind of equipment is used in railroad maintenance? Surfacing Machines Ballast Regulators Spike Inserters Spike Pullers

6. What kind of equipment is used in railroad maintenance? Surfacing Machines Tampers Tie Cranes Tie Extractors/Inserters

7. What kind of equipment is used in railroad maintenance? Other Maintenance Equipment Rail Grinders Snow Plows Speeders/Motor Cars

8. How do railroads maintain their MOW? MOW= Maintenance of Way In simple terms, its the job of keeping track and roadbed in good condition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpkAT7cWgjM

9. Resources For more information on this topic, please visit the following webpages: http://www.american-rails.com/railroad-maintenance.html http://www.nrcma.org http://arema.org/ http://www.railway-technical.com/train-maint.shtml