Now available in bookstores. As a standard work, ‼️, the large handbook of track maintenance ‼️ describes all aspects of track maintenance in theory and practice in a clear and concise form. It reflects the current status of maintenance methods, supplemented by an outlook on foreseeable and ongoing technical developments. The Large Handbook of Track Maintenance is published in two volumes.
This 2nd volume comprises the following chapters:
– The settlement of the track and its stabilization
– Ballast wear and track cleaning
– Ballast profiling
– Subgrade rehabilitation – improving the load-bearing capacity of the track
– Maintenance of the overhead contact line
– Vegetation control
– Small equipment and special machines
– Machine technology of maintenance machines – alternative drives
– Approval of track maintenance machines
– Track maintenance strategies
– LCC and RAMS
– Environmental aspects and ecological footprint
– The digitalization of the railroad
