BALLAST DEFORMATION: ITS CAUSES AND CURES

This second article in the series examining ballast maintenance addresses factors that cause a loss of proper track geometry, and the effects that remedies such as tamping and stoneblowing can have.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1763403
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Selig, E T
• Publication Date: 1998-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 25-31
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 94
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Deformation; Maintenance management; Railroad tracks; Structural design; Tamping; Track components
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast; Track geometry
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast deformation
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00754466
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 14 1998 12:00AM