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• Guidelines for broken-rail risk: in the area of track-related derailments, risk management techniques have emerged for several of the leading categories of track-caused derailments 

  As railroads continue to focus on control of accidents and derailments, the use of risk management to help identify conditions that can lead to...

  Railway Track and Structures, 10/01/09 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Grinding as part of rail management strategy: rail grinding is part of an overall rail management strategy, one that works best when coordinated with and integrated with other maintenance activities 

  Grinding as part of rail management strategy: rail grinding is part of an overall rail management strategy, one that works best when coordinated...

  Railway Track and Structures, 06/01/08 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Managing risk boosts track safety: improving track safety with new-generation risk management tools reduces accidents substantially and adds to effective service life of track materials 

  Managing risk boosts track safety: improving track safety with new-generation risk management tools reduces accidents substantially and adds to...

  Railway Track and Structures, 10/01/07 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Hand-held computers earn place on track: innovations in hand-held computers allow replacing traditional paper-based recording of track inspections with a digital-based approach 

  Recent innovations in handheld computers, or Personal Digital Assistants, has resulted in a move towards replacing traditional paper-based...

  Railway Track and Structures, 08/01/06 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Monitoring grinding effectiveness: a Grinding Quality Index can be used to assess the effectiveness of rail grinding, as well as in the planning and prioritization of rail grinding activities 

  As rail grinding has become more sophisticated in its approach and implementation, there has emerged an increased need to accurately monitor the...

  Railway Track and Structures, 06/01/05 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Managing risk improves track safety: a new generation of track safety management tools has been developed to quantify and analyse the risk associated with key track failure modes 

  WHILE derailments remain events of a very low probability, they have not been totally eliminated and therefore must be addressed, usually by...

  International Railway Journal, 05/01/05 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Assessing the risk of track buckling: to reduce the risk of track buckles, ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc., and BNSF have developed a methodology designed to identify high-risk track-buckling sites 

  Track buckling, the sudden lateral movement of the track due to thermally-generated longitudinal rail forces, remains a major track failure mode...

  Railway Track and Structures, 02/01/05 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Transitions eliminate impact at crossings: a transition grade-crossing design smooths the impact in the transition from normal track to the stiffer grade-crossing structure and back again 

  Everyone who has ridden a train across a grade crossing is familiar with the impact experienced entering and leaving the crossing. This impact,...

  Railway Track and Structures, 08/01/03 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Challenge & response: ASLRRA told congress that small railroads need to invest $6.9 billion in their infrastructure to remain viable. A key house leader listened, and put funding in the RIDE-21 bill - Brief Article 

  The short line and regional railroad industry has approximately 50,000 of the nation's 170,000 railway miles, but less than 10% of the U.S. railway...

  Railway Age, 12/01/01 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication

• Helping shortlines meet the challenges of HAL: Heavier axle loads promise lots of advantages to the industry, but regionals and shortlines face economic challenges before reaping those benefits - track damage 

  As the North American Class 1 railA roads continue to move towards the new-generation, 286,000-pound heavy-axle-load cars, the American shortline...

  Railway Track and Structures, 11/01/01 by Allan M. Zarembski · More from publication