INVESTIGATION OF FAILURES IN CONTROL-COOLED RAIL

Investigation of six of eight failures in control-cooled rail reported from October 1964 to October 1966 are complete by the AAR and are discussed. Five of the six failures were service failures attributed to martensite formation or hot torn steel. The detected failure resulted from shelling.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering Association

  59 East Van Buren Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60605
• Publication Date: 1966-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 446-451
• Serial:
  • AREA BULLETIN
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 598
  • Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Failure; Railroad rails; Shelling (Metals); Technology
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail failure; Shelling; Shelling (Rails)
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00040464
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 1976 12:00AM