A work train (departmental train or engineering train/vehicles in the UK [1]) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator. Work trains serve functions such as track maintenance, maintenance of way, revenue collection, system cleanup and waste removal, heavy duty hauling, and crew member transport. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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A number of railroad vehicles are used in the inspection of railroad tracks and infrastructure to identify flaws and areas in need of routine maintenance.
Track maintenance and renewal trains often consist of many pieces of separate equipment that are capable of servicing specific track components. [3]
Trains are susceptible to issues related low rail traction as well as being immobilized by significant snowfalls.
The uncontrolled growth of weeds and other vegetation along railroad right-of-ways can cause significant issues with drainage, obstruct worker access and become a nuisance to adjacent property owners.
In addition to specialized equipment above, most railroad has have allocated regular rail cars and locomotives to railroad maintenance duties. This is often older equipment that has either reached the age limit that prohibits it from interchange with other railroad, and is required to stay on the railroad that owns it, or equipment that has been rendered obsolete by newer, often higher capacity versions: tank cars, * flatcars, hoppers, gondola, boxcars as well as locomotives. [10] [2] [3]
Railroads have historical kept rail mounted cranes of various sizes, to assist with maintenance work, major construction projects as well as respond to derailments and natural disasters. These have in large part been displaced by a mixture of road biased mobile cranes and sideboom bulldozers. [11]
Beyond typical railroad cars, hi-rail technology has allowed railroads to put conventional heavy equipment such as excavators, mobile cranes, bucket trucks, Concrete mixers, etc, right onto the tracks. [7]
In addition to variety of equipment above, subways often have specialized equipment intended to address unique issues within subway systems, such as the difficulty in removing trash from underground stations.
Media related to Category:Maintenance of way equipment at Wikimedia Commons
A work train (departmental train or engineering train/vehicles in the UK [1]) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator. Work trains serve functions such as track maintenance, maintenance of way, revenue collection, system cleanup and waste removal, heavy duty hauling, and crew member transport. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Part of a series on |
Rail transport |
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|
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A number of railroad vehicles are used in the inspection of railroad tracks and infrastructure to identify flaws and areas in need of routine maintenance.
Track maintenance and renewal trains often consist of many pieces of separate equipment that are capable of servicing specific track components. [3]
Trains are susceptible to issues related low rail traction as well as being immobilized by significant snowfalls.
The uncontrolled growth of weeds and other vegetation along railroad right-of-ways can cause significant issues with drainage, obstruct worker access and become a nuisance to adjacent property owners.
In addition to specialized equipment above, most railroad has have allocated regular rail cars and locomotives to railroad maintenance duties. This is often older equipment that has either reached the age limit that prohibits it from interchange with other railroad, and is required to stay on the railroad that owns it, or equipment that has been rendered obsolete by newer, often higher capacity versions: tank cars, * flatcars, hoppers, gondola, boxcars as well as locomotives. [10] [2] [3]
Railroads have historical kept rail mounted cranes of various sizes, to assist with maintenance work, major construction projects as well as respond to derailments and natural disasters. These have in large part been displaced by a mixture of road biased mobile cranes and sideboom bulldozers. [11]
Beyond typical railroad cars, hi-rail technology has allowed railroads to put conventional heavy equipment such as excavators, mobile cranes, bucket trucks, Concrete mixers, etc, right onto the tracks. [7]
In addition to variety of equipment above, subways often have specialized equipment intended to address unique issues within subway systems, such as the difficulty in removing trash from underground stations.
Media related to Category:Maintenance of way equipment at Wikimedia Commons