MILE-LONG TRACK BUILT ON CONTINUOUS CONCRETE SLAB

Reinforced concrete roadbed, produced with close surface tolerances, is constructed by off-track, crawler-mounted 'paving' train. Paving train includes a unit for receiving concrete from ready-mix trucks and feeding it to an overhead conveyor system, traveling gantries that carry welded grids of steel reinforcement, and a slip-form paver.

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

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 28-29
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete slab track; Railroad tracks
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM