Cost Savings Potential from Improvement in Railcar Reliability and Maintainability

摘要

This report presents a mathematical tool that will permit the estimation of cost savings potential from improvements in railcar reliability and maintainability. Rail transit improvements are expressed in terms of two major performance indicators--Mean Time Between Failures and Mean Time to Restore a Car to Service Condition. The tool is designed to estimate potential benefits (in dollars) achievable through improvements. It does not address the costs incurred or the actual mechanism for realizing these improvements. Various models for estimating operating, maintenance, and fleet cost savings have been developed.