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What is the AAR:
AAR is the abbreviation for the American Association of Railroads. The
AAR is a body composed of representatives from member railroads and
suppliers. The AAR forms committees out of these members, and other
interested parties. These committees help self regulate the industry
and provide for the smooth flow of interchange traffic, and standards for
the repair of railcars and locomotives, from one railcar shop to another
railcar shop. For more information on the Association of American
Railroads visit http://www.aar.org .
What is M-1003:
M-1003 is the AAR's answer to the need of a quality standards specific to
the needs of the North American Railroads in building railcars, repair, and
rebuilding of railcars. These standards also apply to the
manufacture, repair, rebuilding, of railcar parts.
The AAR M-1003 is modeled like ISO-9002 with the addition of a few Criteria
specific to the needs of the railcar industry.
How does this apply to my non-railcar parts?
You may notice, from the various pictures posted around the web site, that
Texas Tank Car Works does more than just repair railcars, fabricate railcar
parts, and machine railcar axles. M-1003 gives Texas Tank Car Works a
quality system to use to perform all the work we do. The quality
manual for Texas Tank Car Works is extensive and causes us to strive for
continued cost and quality improvement in any job we take on.
It is the policy of Texas Tank Car Works, Inc. to achieve and maintain the
highest quality of materials, products, and services provided by this
company and to do this to the highest standard of the art.
Texas Tank Car Work's Machine Shop has had a Quality Manual, under M-1003,
since April 7, 1989. The Tank Car Shop has had a Quality Manual,
under M-1003, since November 30, 1992. Texas Tank Car Works has
passed every annual audit every year since 1989 to establish and maintain
Certification of our Quality System.
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