AUSTRALIA HOLDS AN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON SLEEPERS
Thirty papers presented in Sydney in August cover fully technical matters relating to timber sleepers against an Australian background but concrete and steel tend to figure in the presentation as equipments still in the development stage and are little discussed. Nevertheless, if the balance between prime and labour costs changes and the long-life of concrete outweighs its cost disadvantage, timber will take second place in Australia and New Zealand.
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Corporate Authors:
Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited
Little Leighs
Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM, England - Publication Date: 1974-1
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: 10 p.
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Serial:
- Rail Engineering International
- Volume: 4
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: De Rooi Publications
- ISSN: 0141-4615
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks
- Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00052100
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 26 1976 12:00AM