American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Manual of Recommended Practice for Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. While the question of what is economical management respecting maintenance of Way and structures is one which the management of each property must solve for itself, we can certainly assist each other by a full and frank comparison o/f views and a discussion of the various elements that constitute an economical handling of our maintenanceof way work. The establishment of certain recognized principles as the result of our investigations and discussions will materially assist our Management's in adopting a policy that will lead to the truest and highest economy.