FIGHTING SHELLY RAIL WITH HIGH-CANT TIE PLATES

Extensive tests with plates having a 1-in-14 cant were carried out at Union Pacific. The results of the tests lead to decision to make them standard for curves of two degrees and over the heavy-traffic road which has encountered a serious and extensive shelling problem.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad rails; Shelling (Metals); Superelevation; Tie plates
• Old TRIS Terms: Shelling (Rails)
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050389
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1974 12:00AM