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	Maintenance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maintenance is a legal term of art that is used to describe child support, alimony (also called spousal support), and champerty.
		Maintenance is an industry term that is used to describe preventive maintenance in manufacturing, e.g.
		Maintenance of an organism is the collection of processes to stay alive, excluding production processes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maintenance (184 words)

	Maintenance of way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maintenance of way (often abbreviated as M of Way, MOW or MW) refers to the maintenance of railroad rights of way.
		Specific maintenance functions are carried out by maintenance of way workers.
		On modern railroads, the workers are often associated with a particular piece of equipment, but in the past, they held jobs that weren't always obvious from their titles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maintenance_of_way (217 words)

	Careers at Norfolk Southern - Management Trainees - Maintenance of Way
		You and your maintenance team are responsible for providing a track structure for safe and efficient movement of traffic over Norfolk Southern territories.
		You get hands-on experience with NS maintenance employees: rail gangs that replace rail and spikes, tie gangs that perform scheduled tie replacement, bridge and building gangs that maintain and repair the bridges and trestles of the railroad.
		Aside from managing and developing the workforce, Track Supervisors spend their time performing safety audits, conducting safety meetings, inspecting track, checking the geometry of the track and handling repairs for derailments and natural disasters that affect the track structure, and the monitoring of the natural adjustment of steel in heat and cold.
	www.nscorp.com /nscorphtml/jobs/paths/trainee_mow.html (595 words)

	Maintenance of Way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Railroads maintain fleets of cars whose purpose is maintenance of track, structures, signals and other installations.
		These are called "Maintenance of Way." They include equipment for ballasting, track-laying, wreck recovery and general construction.
		Maintenance of Way cars are very popular among O / O27 railroaders.
	www.thortrains.net /frtmow1.htm (191 words)

	Texas Lawyer - Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. v. Ianni
		Appellant Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. (ALoram") appeals from a judgment in which the jury found in favor of Appellee David Ianni in his negligence suit.
		His daily duties involved overseeing all the day-to-day operations on the machine, supervision of the crew, maintenance of the machine, and interaction with the customer, the railroad.
		While the supervisors did not know the identity of the individual put in harm's way, they objectively knew that their misconduct involved an extreme degree of risk that was likely to cause serious harm to others during the course of the crew's travel with the machine.
	www.law.com /jsp/tx/LawDecisionTX.jsp?id=1088699775325 (6547 words)

	Maintenance of Way Cars
		I don't intend to cover models of MOW cars that the real railroads used, but instead cover cars that don't have a prototype but are required to do some useful task on a model railroad.
		The number of this car has been recorded by the MOW crew in case it should be called for MOW service again.
		While the car was in no way calibrated for curvature, it was clear where the tightest curves were so that track could be adjusted.
	www.trainweb.org /girr/tips/tips7/mow_cars.html (590 words)

	TVA: Vegetation Maintenance FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Landowners are responsible for complying with city, county, and subdivision regulations regarding maintenance of their land, including that within a right-of-way.
		Click on the area of the map where your property is located for the name, address, and telephone number of the TVA representative in your area.
		Click on the map near where you live to see which lines are scheduled for maintenance this year.
	www.tva.gov /power/rightofway/faq.htm (1398 words)

	SUPERINTENDENT, MAINTENANCE OF WAY
		Plans and coordinates construction and maintenance of railroad right-of-way: Approves repair and construction projects and assigns work to specified departments.
		Reviews and authorizes construction and maintenance projects or plans for budget, staff, and equipment requests.
		May direct construction and maintenance of buildings and other structures, such as bridges, trestles, and tunnels.
	www.websters-dictionary-online.org /definition/english/SU/SUPERINTENDENT,+MAINTENANCE+OF+WAY.html (266 words)

	City of Federal Way - Surface Water Maintenance
		It is the goal of the division to prevent flooding and reduce the discharge of pollutants into lakes, streams, and the Puget Sound through the pro-active and effective maintenance of drainage infrastructure to include catch basins, manholes, and pipe, open channels and ditches, and residential and regional retention/detention (R/D) pond facilities.
		Staff is charged with the maintenance of over 9,000 catch basins and manholes, 157 miles of pipe, almost 30 miles of open channel and ditch as well as 84 residential R/D ponds and six regional detention facilities.
		The construction program includes the completion of several major maintenance projects designed to eliminate chronic flooding areas or problems, the repair of catch basins and manholes contained within the City's asphalt overlay program, and general construction activities such as ditch cleaning or repairing a broken pipe.
	www.cityoffederalway.com /Page.aspx?page=394 (357 words)

	Maintenance Of Way Superintendent: A description for the maintenance of way superintendent job
		Maintenance Of Way Superintendent: A description for the maintenance of way superintendent job
		Maintenance Of Way Superintendent: Plans and coordinates construction and maintenance of railroad right-of-way: Approves repair and construction projects and assigns work to specified departments.
		May also direct construction and maintenance of buildings and other structures, for example bridges, trestles, and tunnels.
	www.job-descriptions.org /maintenance-of-way-superintendent.html (189 words)

	REC - Right-of-Way Maintenance
		REC performs routine maintenance of trees and other vegetation on over 7,000 miles of overhead rights-of-way.
		These vegetation management activities are essential to maintain reliable electric service to our members and to provide for the safety of your family and the general public.
		Tree pruning or removal outside of this regularly scheduled maintenance is completed only at the request of the landowner or to correct a hazardous situation.
	www.rappelec.com /rightofway (252 words)

	Maintenance of Way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The roadbed, which includes the rails, ties, and the foundation on which they rest, require maintenance in order to support the weight of the trains and their speed.
		Maintenance Of Way is an expense for any railroad.
		Without maintenance of way, the safety of the track diminishes and derailments occur.
	www.midcentral-region-nmra.org /Scouts/MOW.htm (305 words)

	Total Productive Maintenance - New way of protecting against mechanical wear
		Total Productive Maintenance is not based on the conventional idea of creating an oil film between the contact surfaces.
		Maintenance compound consists of a mixture of natural minerals based on magnesium silicate and catalysts.
		maintenance stops – increasing capacity utilization and reliability and equipment operating lifetime.
	www.tallcoat.com /Articles/TPM_Article.html (905 words)

	Maintenance of Way Management Trainee
		You and your maintenance team are responsible for providing a safe track structure for safe and efficient movement of traffic over Norfolk Southern's territories.
		You get hands-on "get-dirty" experience with NS maintenance employees: rail gangs that replace rail and spikes, tie gangs that perform scheduled tie replacement, bridge and building gangs that maintain and repair the bridges and trestles of the railroad.
		Aside from managing and developing work force, Track Supervisors spend their time performing safety audits, conducting safety meetings, inspecting track, checking the geometry of the track and handling repairs for derailments and natural disasters that affect the track structure, and the monitoring of the natural adjustment of steel in heat and cold.
	www.nscorp.com /nscorphtml/jobs/trainees/maintenance_of_way.html (588 words)

	Remote control use equals safety - railroad maintenance of way - Brief Article Railway Track and Structures - Find ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		"The maintenance departments are interested in various types of wireless communications for their equipment, such as crane, mechanical lift and machinery control," said Kelly Case, marketing manager.
		The majority of Control Chief's remote control buyers in the United States are in-plant operations, switching operations, MOW contractors and contract locomotive switching companies.
		Railroad maintenance departments are interested in remote controls for overhead cranes in the maintenance sheds and repair shops, for ballast cars, and for track switches.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BFW/is_12_96/ai_69233751 (708 words)

	The Maintenance-of-Way Speeder Shed
		When the Santa Clara yard was expanded in 1926, the tower and a two bay Maintenance-of-Way (MoW) Speeder Shed were built.
		The MoW storage and work areas were needed due to the addition of many miles of rail within the yard.
		When the SBHRS came to the Santa Clara Depot in late 1985, the speeder was long gone and the Southern Pacific Signal Maintenance Crew was using the shed.
	www.sbhrs.org /buildings/speeder_shed/speeder_shed.html (118 words)

	Maintenance of Way Equipment
		The spreader is probably the most important piece of equipment to have because it has many uses.
		Many older versions like this one are still in service today after 70 years because they still do their job.
		They are basically a big thing of metal that pushes stuff out of the way.
	trainweb.org /lonewolfsantafe/lwsf38.htm (619 words)

	Maintenance of Way Workers Strike Canadian National Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Maintenance of Way Workers Strike Canadian National Railway
		Among other things, CN proposed to eliminate existing seniority rights, give CN a free hand in contracting-out all maintenance of way work, allow CN complete discretion in making work assignments and impose unprecedented huge and annually increasing health insurance contributions.
		BMWED represents approximately 250 maintenance of way employees who construct, maintain, inspect and repair the tracks, right of way, and structures at CN Railway.
	www.teamster.org /06news/nr_060719_1.asp (497 words)

	PRR Bibliography Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Maintenance of Way Plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The cover title of this book is, 57 Plans Compiled in the Office of Chief Engineer of Maintenance of Way for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
		Standard Maintenance of Way Plans” on the cover.
		Maintenance of way plans: containing plans approved as standard, also those in use but not fully recognized as standards and Scherb, Jeff.
	lib.sdstate.edu /PRR/Bk_SmithHarold.html (289 words)

	City of Federal Way - Park Maintenance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The City of Federal Way maintains (53 park properties) that define a 985 acre park system.
		Additionally, the Parks Maintenance Division is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the City Hall, Steel Lake Annex, Dumas Bay Centre, Knutzen Family Theatre, and the Steel Lake Maintenance Facility building and grounds.
		This division is also over operations and maintenance of the departments fleet of vehicles, mowers, large and small equipment.
	www.cityoffederalway.com /Page.aspx?view=442 (83 words)

	Maintenance of Way Cars
		CSXT #965557---A CSX ballast hopper in MOW orange.
		CSXT #965188---A CSX ballast hopper in MOW orange.
		The discharge gates are numbered in the same fashion as the former 2-bay coal cars.
	www.hubhobbyshop.com /mow1.htm (443 words)

	RailroadData.Com Railroad Links: Maintenance of Way: Page 2
		These companies manufacturer or sell railroad maintenance of way materials and equipment.
		Knox Kershaw Inc. is a well-known designer and manufacturer of Ballast Regulators, parts and equipment used in railway track maintenance operations, as well as a full-service railroad maintenance contractor.
		Quality Railroad Track Maintenance Equipment Nordco is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based manufacturer of light to heavy duty railway maintenance equipment that is sold in both the national and international markets.
	www.railroaddata.com /rrlinks/Maintenance_of_Way/more2.html (834 words)

	RailroadData.Com Railroad Links: Maintenance of Way
		Maintenance of way equipment service includes air filter replacement,oil and grease service change,buy,sell and place cargo and merchandise.
		Our herbicides offer control of vegetation in ways that are often more efficient and environmentally sound than mechanical methods, such as mowing, chain sawing or grading.
		Harsco Track Technologies is a major international supplier of railway track maintenance equipment and services for private and government-owned railways worldwide.
	www.railroaddata.com /rrlinks/Maintenance_of_Way (1073 words)

	Maintenance of Way Equipment Roster
		The tables on this page list the maintenance of way equipment that the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway (DSSandA) was using in the Autumn of 1922.
		The DSSandA maintenance equipment was assigned to the Bridge and Building Department.
		For me the most interesting maintenance equipment is that relating to the removal of snow.
	dssa.habitant.org /mwx.htm (850 words)

	Resolution on Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Merger
		Resolution on Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Merger
		WHEREAS, a Joint Committee was appointed by the BMWE and the IBT to determine the appropriate terms and conditions for a merger; and
		BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the General Executive Board authorizes the issuance of an appropriate charter for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, noting that a charter for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference was previously approved; and
	www.teamster.org /about/geb/resolutions/bmwemerger.htm (481 words)

	RSI \| Committees ~ Maintenance-of-Way
		Composed of equipment and component suppliers for creating and maintaining railroad rights-of-way, this committee investigates and seeks solutions to common problems and undertakes projects to dramatize the importance of proper track maintenance.
		Committee members regularly contact congressional appropriators during the annual budget appropriations process to request higher funding for Amtrak.
		The committee also constantly reviews legislative issues such as the reauthorization of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and those also affecting the railroads' maintenance of rights-of-way.
	www.rsiweb.org /committees/com_way.aspx (95 words)

	AREMA Committee 27 - Maintenance of Way Work Equipment
		This committee is responsible for coordinating with the manufacturers and suppliers of work equipment to encourage the development of new machines and the improvement of those already available.
		They are responsible for the development and publication of recommended practices and information relating to the operation, inspection and maintenance of work equipment, including recommended specifications for new units.
		C-3-92: Maintenance of Way Equipment Safety and Ergonomics.
	www.arema.org /eseries/scriptcontent/custom/e_arema/comm/c27.cfm?activesection=commpage (143 words)

	Maintenance of Way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Some of the most fascinating contraptions in the world are used in railway maintenance operations.
		Usually having the appearance of something from Star Wars, they function much like a mobile factory.
		Used in conjunction with the more conventional construction machines such as end loaders, backhoes and welders they will rebuild a section in a matter of hours.
	members.aol.com /jsundin357/mowtoc.html (73 words)

	railroad maintenance of way equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Maintenance software will track unlimited numbers of vehicles or pieces of equipment, schedule maintenance, produces work orders, track material cost, track labor costs and more!
		Here is where all the information on maintenance of way (MOW).
		The TCandW has a nice collection of MOW equipment for a shortline.
	www.software-maintenance-management.com /softwaremaintenance/14/railroad-maintenance-of-way-equipment.html (268 words)

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