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    Track maintenance is necessary due to wear from heavy and fast trains over time. Regular maintenance helps extend the life of tracks and trains by reducing wear. Maintenance activities include track patrols, squaring sleepers, gauging, rail grinding, track lubrication, and grouting. There are three main types of track maintenance: preventative maintenance to reduce failures, annual maintenance using heavy equipment that can cause noise, and emergency maintenance to restore functionality after a loss of performance.

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    Track maintenance is necessary due to wear from heavy and fast trains over time. Regular maintenance helps extend the life of tracks and trains by reducing wear. Maintenance activities include track patrols, squaring sleepers, gauging, rail grinding, track lubrication, and grouting. There are three main types of track maintenance: preventative maintenance to reduce failures, annual maintenance using heavy equipment that can cause noise, and emergency maintenance to restore functionality after a loss of performance.

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    Track maintenance is necessary due to wear from heavy and fast trains over time. Regular maintenance helps extend the life of tracks and trains by reducing wear. Maintenance activities include track patrols, squaring sleepers, gauging, rail grinding, track lubrication, and grouting. There are three main types of track maintenance: preventative maintenance to reduce failures, annual maintenance using heavy equipment that can cause noise, and emergency maintenance to restore functionality after a loss of performance.

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    Track Maintenance

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    Margaux Maipid
    Track maintenance is necessary due to wear from heavy and fast trains over time. Regular maintenance helps extend the life of tracks and trains by reducing wear. Maintenance activities include track patrols, squaring sleepers, gauging, rail grinding, track lubrication, and grouting. There are three main types of track maintenance: preventative maintenance to reduce failures, annual maintenance using heavy equipment that can cause noise, and emergency maintenance to restore functionality after a loss of performance.

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    TRACKS &

    PERMANENT
    WAYS
    MAINTENANCE
    Why Track Maintenance is needed:
    Due to the constant movement of heavy and high-speed trains,
    the packing under the sleepers becomes loose and track
    geometry gets disturbed. The gauge, alignment, and longitudinal
    as well as cross levels of the track thus get affected adversely and
    the safety of the track is jeopardized.
    Due to the vibrations and impact of high-speed trains, the fittings
    of the track come undone and there is heavy wear and tear of
    the track and its components.
    The track and its components get worn out as a result of the
    weathering effect of rain, sun, and sand.
    Advantages of Track Maintenance:
    If the track is suitably maintained, the life of the track as well as
    that of the rolling stock increases since there is lesser wear and
    tear of their components.
    Regular track maintenance helps in reducing operating costs and
    fuel consumption.
    Small maintenance jobs done at the appropriate time such as
    tightening a bolt or key, hammering the dog spike, etc., helps in
    avoiding loss of the concerned fitting and thus saving on the
    associated expenditure.
    Maintenance
    Activities
    Track Patrol
    - a visual inspection of the track either
    by hi-rail vehicle at slow speed, or by
    walking in
    Squaring of Sleepers
    - one of the rails is taken as the
    sighting rail and the correct sleeper
    spacing is marked on it
    Gauging
    - the gauge should be checked and an
    attempt should be made to provide a uniform
    gauge within permissible tolerance limits
    Rail Grinding
    - Rail grinding is commonly done to restore
    the original contour or make a new profile to
    better suit the wheels.
    Track Lubrication
    - Effective lubrication of the gauge face
    helps to reduce wear.
    Grouting
    - grouting is a process of placing concrete
    as a material into cavities to increase load
    bearing capacity of a structure
    3 KINDS OF
    TRACK MAINTENANCE
    Preventive
    Maintenance
    Preventive Railway
    Maintenance Works are
    performed in order to reduce
    the probability of the
    occurrence of a failure on the
    components of the railway
    infrastructure and/or
    maximize the operational
    benefit.
    Annual
    Maintenance
    This work often uses
    heavy equipment that
    may produce noise that
    can be heard by
    neighbors in the area. On-
    track maintenance
    machines must run at full
    throttle in order to work
    properly.
    Emergency
    Maintenance
    Corrective maintenance
    task, CMT, is a set of
    activities, which is
    performed with the intention
    of restoring the functionality
    of the item or system, after
    the loss of the functionality
    or performance.
    - END -
    THANKS!

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