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  Case Study - Docklands Light Railway Maintenance Fleet, Operating and Maintenance Manuals  
   
  Railcraft Associates Ltd produced a full set of service manuals in order to demonstrate that the fleet was being maintained correctly to the owner. The manuals consisted of:  
     
 
Post Manufacture
  • Operating Instructions
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance
  • Lubrication Specifications
 
For the maintenance fleet made up of:
  • Wickham CT30 crane loco
  • GEC Stephenson 165 hp 040 loco
  • RFS 150 kW battery loco
  • Plasser double hopper wagon
  • Plasser flat "match" wagon
  • Freightliner 10 m cut down flat wagon (x2)
  • DLR/ Freightliner boarded wagon
 
 
Clear diagrams showing maintenance points Operating and Maintenance Manual
Overview drawings with dimensions and key features Maintenance Schedule
 
     
  Each Condensed Service manual contained:  
 
  • Health and Safety section outlining hazards associated with rail vehicle operation and maintenance in the customers context.
  
 
  • A description of the vehicle including overall dimensions, weights, arrangement drawings and photographs.
  
 
  • A diagram of the vehicle showing maintenance points in conjunction with a planned preventative maintenance chart, illustrated with digital photographs, listing and describing daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, yearly, 5 yearly etc inspection and maintenance requirements.
  
 
  • A consumables section listing customer specific manufacturer's recommended oils, greases, antifreeze/ inhibiting chemicals, filters and other routine maintenance consumables including hazard data sheets as appropriate.
  
 
  • A contingency maintenance section with first aid advice on action to be taken in the event of accidental damage from minor paint scrapes to major derailment damage.
 
   
  Docklands Virtual View  
   
   
   
   
   
For those curious about the origins of the Railcraft logo, the shield represents strength, the dark blue colour : integrity and the sun : energy, and also that we are a Yorkshire company since the "Sunne in Splendour" is an ancient heraldic device of English Kings from the house of York. ("Now is the Winter of our discontent made glorious Summer by this son / sun of York" - Shakespear, Richard III) Railcraft Associates Ltd, Consulting Design Engineers