Sentence examples for faulty tracks from inspiring English sources

But after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began a capital improvement program in 1982, workers began to inspect faulty tracks systematically.

With someone clearly in charge, and held accountable, workers on a given line will deal faster with backed-up trains, dirty stations, faulty tracks and other problems.

In the late 1970's and early 1980's, for example, there were years in which derailments -- either caused by faulty tracks or faulty trains -- sometimes occurred once a week, because deferred maintenance had allowed the system to crumble.

A faulty track record doesn't invalidate the attempt to say, annually, to anyone who might be listening, "You really should read this one".

In the meantime, transit administration officials have wisely announced a review of federal grants with new emphasis on the transportation board's recommendations in the Metro crash, including getting rid of faulty tracking equipment and dated cars.

The tests carried out by WS Atkins now make it more likely that the train bumped over the piece of faulty track near the Ladbroke Grove junction outside Paddington station and wrongly rang the bell in Hodder's cab, leading him to believe that signal 109, which was difficult to see clearly, was green.

Services on a section of the Central Line running through central London were suspended due to a faulty track, Transport for London (TfL) said.

The NTSB report on the accident was released on July 27, 2010, and blamed a faulty track circuit, part of the automatic train control system, for causing the crash.

It was found that Katelnikoff was actually fired for filing a sexual harassment complaint against a fellow employee and that a faulty track was responsible for the derailment.

Description: A faulty rail mounting implies a loose connection between rail and sleepers, which might lead to an increased width of the track gauge.

A faulty CSX track switch caused the accident.