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1985 Track Survey: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

From September through December 1984, the FRA conducted an intensive survey of all mainline track utilized by Amtrak (see fig. 1). Three automated track geometry railcars -- the latest in railroad state-of-the-art inspection technology -- measured track gage, cross level, wrap, profile, alignment...