Data on road train delays due to various tyes of mechanical failures and derailments and on the duration of these delays were collected for a total of 1,065 trains operating over a single main-line division during a two-month period. These delays were classified by major type (brake, coupler, and other types of failures-not including engine failures) and by possible causal factors (train length, trailing tonnage, and track profile) operative at the time of the failure.


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    Title :

    Studies in Railroad Operations and Economics. Volume 1. Railroad Car Movement Reliability: A Preliminary Study of Line-Haul Operations


    Contributors:
    A. S. Lang (author) / R. M. Reid (author)

    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    33 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English