Article: JR East Creates Low-Cost, Low-Labour Maintenance.

Article: Rail grinding now part of the maintenance routine: ...
International Railway Journal;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...RAIL grinding is continuing to show strong growth ... strategies to optimise the benefits of rail grinding, and most importantly the flexibility ... Schoech said. He points to sites where rail grinding is currently providing diverse benefits ...

Article: Book Review: The Art and Science of Rail Grinding.
Railway Track and Structures;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Zarembski, Ph.D., P.E., FASME Rail grinding has been a standard railroad tool for ... in the area of rail maintenance and rail grinding," Zarembski states in the Preface ... have continued to work in this area of rail grinding, working with railroads and transit ...

Article: Improving The Benefits Of Rail Grinding.
International Railway Journal;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... economic assessment of the efficiency of rail grinding in Russia shows that if the service ... increased by a factor of 1.5, the rail grinding process results in a saving of roughly ... to improve the economic benefits of rail grinding, and Russian Railways now plans to ...

Article: Two key aspects in rail grinding-effectiveness and ...
Railway Track and Structures;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... and efficiency are two key aspects in rail grinding. Effectiveness measures how well the ... choices affect the cost of grinding. Rail grinding is commonly used by North American ... interaction. The total cost of rail life and rail grinding is related to wheel/rail interaction ...

Article: Getting the most from rail grinding: the tiny ...
Railway Track and Structures;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... have experience with best practices in rail grinding. The intent of the survey was to bring ... years, and summarize the elements of rail grinding best practices for the AREMA manual ... railroads are currently using best practice rail grinding: * Canadian Pacific Railway -- 1989 ...

Article: The art and science of rail grinding.(Brief ...
SciTech Book News;  December 1, 2006 ;     494 words ...0911382488 The art and science of rail grinding. Zarembski, Allen M. Simmons-Boardman ... twentieth century, in a few decades rail grinding was making significant improvements ... rails and their problems, aspects of rail grinding including grinding angles and patterns ...

Article: Advances in rail grinding: experts in wheel and ...
Railway Track and Structures;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... get track managers out of trouble, rail grinding is emerging as a well-accepted practice ... The practice is called preventive rail grinding. Railways reporting the most effective ... has been a big believer in preventive rail grinding, having moved into the preventive ...