Maintenance Management of U.S. Army Railroad Networks. The RAILER system: Demonstration of System Setup at Hunter AAF, Georgia

The RAILER system of railroad maintenance management is a decision support tool for Army installation Directorates of Engineering and Housing. It can be used to analyze and evaluate track segments, determine and prioritize work needs, develop annual and long-range work plans, estimate maintenance and repair costs, and develop budgets. As part of the Facilities Engineering Applications Program, RAILER version 2.0 was demonstrated at Fort Stewart, GA, and its neighboring installation, Hunter Army Airfield (AAF). This report documents the Hunter AAF demonstration. The data collection process was demonstrated, including segment inventory and track inspection. New track inspection procedures were tested and verified to be better than those previously used. In all, the Hunter AAF demonstration complemented the Fort Stewart test and showed that RAILER version 2.0 is ready to release for general implementation on domestic Army installations.