Fundamentals of Railway-Track Engineering and Technology; Quotations for achieving sound and healthy Railway-Tracks of high Quality fit for modern “World-Class” Railway-Service

QUOTATIONS:

“MODERN RAIL-TRACK TECHNOLOGY HELPS TO CUT LIFE CYCLE COSTS”;

“A TRACK IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT IS UNDERNEATH”;

“A TRACK IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS WEAKEST SPOT, BECAUSE A TRAIN MIGHT DERAIL ON SUCH A SPOT”;

“WITHOUT PROPER WELL BEARING AND WELL DRAINED SUB-STRUCTURE (SUBSOIL, SUB-GRADE, FORMATION AND BLANKET) NO STABLE RAIL-ROAD”;

“THE LONGEVITY DEPENDS ON DRAINAGE AND IF THE WATER CAN BE TAKEN OUT AND KEPT AWAY FROM THE TRACK-BED”;

“WATER IS THE ENEMY OF THE RAIL-TRACK”;

“CLEAN AND UNFOLDED BALLAST IS THE BLOOD OF THE RAIL- TRACK”;

“THE GEOMETRICAL PERFECT PRODUCTION OF WELDED RAIL- JOINTS AND THE CORRECT ALIGNMENT OF THE RAILS ARE ESSENTIAL PARAMETERS FOR THE DURABILITY OF WELDED JOINTS”;

”TRACK QUALITY IS NO LUXURY”;

”A LOWER QUALITY TRACK DETERIORATES FASTER THAN A HIGHER QUALITY TRACK AND IS THEREFORE BY FAR MORE COSTLY TO MAINTAIN”;

“A POOR QUALITY TRACK NEEDS MAINTENANCE NEARLY AS EVERY TRAIN GOES”;

“ONE HAS TO MANAGE AND OPTIMIZE EFFECTIVELY THE ALL-IMPORTANT WHEEL – RAIL SYSTEM”;

“WITHOUT SOUND AND HEALTHY RAIL-TRACKS OF HIGH QUALITY, MATCHING THE TRAFFIC-LOAD/VOLUME/SPEED, MODERN RAILWAY SERVICE WITH CLOSE-TO-ZERO MORTALITY RATE IS NOT POSSIBLE!!!”

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