track maintenance
Keeping rails sound
Track maintenance is the work of keeping railroad tracks in safe, functional condition—inspecting rails, replacing worn ties, adjusting ballast, and repairing damage.
The term extends to any maintained pathway: The trail was closed for track maintenance.
In athletics, it refers to upkeep of running tracks.
Rail systems schedule regular track maintenance, often causing service delays.
- sleepersUnactivated spies or surprise hits
- ballastShip stability material
- rail bedFoundation beneath train tracks
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- railsGuiding metal bars
drainage system · trail markers · welding torch · gauge · roadbed · erosion control · fasteners · switches · tamping · inspection · clearance · signals · grade crossing · right of way · rail yard · alignment · repair · gravel
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, locomotive, locomotives
- rail infrastructurerailway tracks, rail tracks, freight yards, rail terminals, switches
- rail operationstrain schedules, signals, timetables, rail network, signaling
- rail safetycrossing signal, signal light, warning signal, train stop, crossing arms
- railroad jobsconductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen, switchmen
- railway tracksrails, steel rails, rail bed, railbed, trackbed