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Maintenance hours cut in half for rail turnouts, improving transportation efficiency.

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TURNOUT PERFORMANCE IN HAL SERVICE AT FAST IMPROVES IN THE 1990S
D D Davis, Joseph LoPresti, D Guillen, Jim Robeda

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The performance of No. 20 turnouts in HAL service at FAST improved in the 1990s. Studies by the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. showed a 50% reduction in maintenance hours at the Federal Railroad Administration's testing facility. This improvement was due to technological advancements in the late 1980s and 1990s. The research looked at the performance of turnouts, frogs, and switches at FAST, as well as the impact of diverging traffic.