PPT-1 Railroad Commission of Texas

Chairman Barry T Smitherman Commissioner David J Porter Commissioner Christi Craddick Railroad Commission of Texas Statewide Rule 13 Field Operations Presenter James Huie Session Description. Railroads had already transformed life in the East, but at the end of the Civil War railroad tracks still stopped at the Missouri River. For a quarter of a century, men had dreamed of building a line from coast to coast. Now they would attempt to lay 1,775 miles of track from Omaha to Sacramento. . A presentation created for Lesson 3: Efficient Railroad Maintenance of the Exploring Transportation Maintenance Module. So what is Railroad Maintenance?. Railways are made up of complex mechanical and electrical systems and there are hundreds of thousands of moving parts. If a railway service is to be reliable, the equipment must be kept in good working order and regular maintenance is the essential ingredient to achieve this. A railway will not survive for long as a viable operation if it is allowed to deteriorate because of lack of maintenance. Although maintenance is expensive, it will become more expensive to replace the failing equipment early in its life because maintenance has been neglected.. US History: Spiconardi. Origins. In order to connect the newly expanding West with the rest of the country, the federal government wanted to extend the railroads. To encourage the building of railroads the government offered. . . Pipeline Safety Division. Damage Prevention Program. History. In May 2005, the State of Texas legislature gave the Railroad Commission of Texas compliance and enforcement authority over the movement of earth near intrastate underground pipelines.. Journal. Why were the railroads significant to America’s development during the Gilded Age. Use Google to find one specific example on how the railroad was good for the average American, and one specific example of how the railroad took advantage of the average American.. Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill,. He never worked and never will. He's . gonna. Ride, Ride, ride. Railroad Bill was a mighty bad man, . Shot the light out the brakeman's hand.. They . lookin. ' for that bad Railroad Bill.. Railroad from Atlantic to Pacific. Transcontinental Railroad. 1850’s - railroad companies began to search for a route from Atlantic to Pacific . (transcontinental). The South wanted it through the South. Workforce . Development Initiative . In . coordination with the . DOT National . Transportation Workforce Development Strategy Initiative. Ms. Monique Stewart. FRA Office of Research & Development. Sit at the same group with your partner.. Bell-Ringer. First, the partner who read the . Homestead Act of 1862. should summarize what he/she read and go over the answer to each of the questions to help explain the . Chapter 14: The Second Industrial Revolution. Main idea: During the late 1800s, new technology led to rapid industrial growth and expansion of railroads.. Chapter 14 Section 1: Industry and Railroads. Section 1 – The Growth of Railroads. New Railroad Lines. Texans hoping railroads would spur economic growth.. Moving people & goods was time consuming and expensive. .. . * Texas rivers too shallow & unreliable for shipping.. Gretchen B. Ferguson . LADOTD Statewide Railroad Coordinator. Railroad Surfacing. Detouring Traffic during construction of a Railroad Crossing. Planning of the Construction. Discussions with Railroad . the “Next Moon Shot”. Have you ever heard the term “moonshot?”. Think of a.  . moonshot.  as . “a . complex, large-scale objective that can be accomplished only when teams abandon "business as usual." . TS-33 September 1974 They are expected to be able to judge the seriousness of the full range of common track and railway defects to plan and lay out all but most complex repairs to determine whether