First aid for "cripples." (air brake failures)

Railway Age | January 1, 1993| | Copyright

Conrail was looking for a way to reduce costly downtime on trains crippled by air brake failures. Strato's solution: A lightweight, portable runaround hose.

How much time is wasted when an air hose blows out on the road, miles--and hours--away from the nearest terminal? What does it cost to cut a disabled car out of a consist, to dispatch a repair crew, or miss a just-in-time delivery requirement? What effect does one disabled car--in railroad parlance, a "cripple"--have on the rest of the system's ontime performance? How long before operations are back to normal?

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