Insights
Insights
Technical notes on railway maintenance decisions, capacity and measurement — written for operators, investors and boards.
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Why imported degradation models transfer badly to Brazil
Metre gauge, mixed traffic and a tropical climate produce a degradation regime that models calibrated on North American or European heavy haul do not reproduce.
Read · 7 min read CapacityWhat a rail maintenance budget actually buys
For investors and boards assessing a railway asset, the maintenance line is usually read as cost. Read as capacity, it answers a different and more useful question.
Read · 7 min read ContractsProving a maintenance gain: the baseline protocol
With a variable fee, you do not lose by failing to produce a result. You lose by failing to prove it. The items a baseline protocol must fix before any measurement.
Read · 8 min read