Managing Railcar Maintenance: A Primer on Practices and Improvement Opportunities for the U.S. Transit Industry

Details

• Creators:
  Blake, Tagan ; Isaac, Lauren ; Rose, David
• Corporate Creators:
  Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commuter cars
  • Passenger cars
  • Fleet management
  • Car operations (Railroads)
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Maintenance practices
  • Rapid transit cars
  • Manuals
  • Guidelines
  • Asset management
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0043
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1503580
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Abstract:
  This report surveys the state-of-practice of transit railcar maintenance management and fleet management practices. It emphasizes a lifecycle management approach to fleet management. It also emphasizes the role of performance improvement programs and introduces Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance as key examples of performance improvement approaches. The report also covers planning and performance measurement for rail fleet maintenance, as well as the role of supporting business processes and systems in railcar maintenance, including new vehicle procurement, facility upgrades, maintenance information systems, and purchasing and materials management.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  NY-26-7011-00
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29264/dot_29264_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:faefe1c4c89327bf209a512f2dbdc4df5a3838f47d427669cb8e0bebd762988c