Departmental Competency: Maintenance/ Philippine Railways Institute - 548 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. - Fundamental Training Course on Railway Operation and Maintenance volume 5 .

Includes bibliographical references

Rules, regulations and procedures are made to make railway operations smooth and safe, and they are created through detailed analysis, experiment and testing.
In addition, they should be followed down to the single steps to avoid maintenance personnel from using their own intuition and understanding in making decisions. Rules, regulations, and procedures are not made to favor certain individuals, situations or circumstances, but rather, were made to give order and ensure safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway organization.
Updating rules, regulation and procedures to make it effective needs thorough analysis and experimentation. It is like creating new rules, regulations and procedures once again. In updating, one cannot just omit procedures just because they are seen as ineffective and outdated. Any act of revision or change must go through a process of amendment. Finally, always remember the golden rule: "Adhering to rules is fundamental for safety


Track Maintenance and Inspection--Railway--Philippines
Rolling Stock Maintenance--Railway--Philippines
Signaling and Communication System Maintenance--Railway--Philippines

TF 240 / P45 2021