DB embarks on replacement campaign for concrete sleepers following June derailment
Image: DB / Volker Emersleben
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has embarked on an inspection programme of all concrete sleepers similar to those used on the tracks near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where on June 3 a train derailed that left five people dead and dozens injured.
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Ballast, now a “problem”, shall be taken advantage of.
(“Optimal”, predictive maintenance, with un dampened, “hung” sleepers, even worse with “eigen freq.:s in resonance, with by System “pin pin” freq. at rail, etc., etc. is suboptimal, by def…)
Capacity of existing, infrastructure and assets, shall be utilitised, by a proactive attending the “bottlenecks”. (Looking for cracks is good, but not attending “root”.)