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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    Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

    Little Leighs
    Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
  • Publication Date: 1974-1

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  • Features: Figures; Photos;
  • Pagination: 10 p.
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  • Accession Number: 00052100
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 26 1976 12:00AM