It is well known within the rail industry that, due to very low production quantities, the per unit purchase charges of many auxiliary items are much higher than their closely related industrial/commercial cousins. Although the specific cost of each device is a small fraction of the whole locomotive/railcar's initial purchase price, that device's periodic maintenance expenses (over a typical rail vehicle's lifetime of thirty to fifty years) becomes a very significant amount. This is also applicable for off-vehicle devices. The concepts in this paper will serve as a stepping stone for further discussion and development within the industry to greatly reduce these recurring monetary outlays.


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    Title :

    Standardization of locomotive/railcar auxiliary devices


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    Publication date :

    2000-01-01


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    994771 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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