The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour

1. Earliest Traces
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2. Early Wagonways
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3. Horse-Drawn Railway
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4. Steam Power Introduced
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5. Diesel and Electric Engines
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6. High-Speed Railway
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7. History of the Track Gauge
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8. The “Stakeholders” of the Railway System
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9. The Changing External Environment for the Infrastructure Manager
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10. Multi-Annual Contracts
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11. Introduction
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12. Forces on the Track
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13. The Track Subsystem
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14. The Vehicle Subsystem
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15. Modelling the Track
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16. The Effect of Track Stiffness on Track Performance
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17. The Wheel-Rail Interface
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18. The Mechanism of Track Faults Creation
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19. The Deterioration of the Track Components
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20. Track Settlements
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21. Discrete Track Defects as Cause of Track Deterioration
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22. Track Problems, Causes, Mechanisms, Solutions
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23. Track Drainage
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24. The Track Deterioration Model
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25. The System “Railway Infrastructure”
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26. What Is Quality?
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27. Factors Affecting the Track Quality Behaviour
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28. Assessment of Track Geometry Quality
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29. Track Design
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30. The Track Construction (Aiming at High Performance)
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31. Track Condition Monitoring
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32. Track Maintenance
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33. Introduction to LCC and RAMS
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34. The RAMS Analysis
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35. RAMS in Operation and Maintenance
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36. The LCC Concept
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37. Maintenance Planning Using LCC KAI RAMS
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38. Integration of RAMS and LCC in the Project Design Process
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39. A Case Study of Applications of RAMS and LCC in the Design Process
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40. LCC and WLC (Whole Life Costing)
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41. Investment and Budgeting Decisions for High Track Quality
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42. Introduction
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43. From Tactical to Strategic Outsourcing
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44. Cost and Benefit of Outsourcing
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45. Measuring Contractor’s Performance
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46. Types of Contracts and Its Characteristics
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47. What Kind of Contracting Is Suitable for Track Maintenance?
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48. Common Risks Associated with Contracting
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49. Maintenance Outsourcing Scenarios
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50. Modelling Costs of Service Contract
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51. Infrastructure Data Management in Case of Outsourcing of M&R Activities
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52. Cases of Outsourcing Applied
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53. Lessons Learned - Advices for Outsourcing
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54. Cost Factors of Track Construction and Maintenance
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55. Guiding Principles for an Effective Track
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56. Measuring the Performance
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57. Benchmarking
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58. Management of Infrastructure Data
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59. Maintenance Cost Modeling102

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60. Technological Developments and Tendencies for the Railways
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61. The Future Railway as a System
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