DESCRIPTION OF FLAME-HARDENING OF RAIL BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, AND PHYSICAL AND METALLURGICAL TEST RESULTS
The process of flame-hardening of rail is described, and physical and metallurgical test results are presented. Rolling-load, drop, and slow-bend tests are performed on the treated rail. After an 8-hour flame-hardening process, no detrimental effects occur under the rolling-load tests for shelling; rail also conforms to accepted straightness with relatively inexpensive equipment. Since a superior fully heat-treated rail is unavailable economically to the railroads, the data described indicate a usable product for a relatively low cost.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This article is an abstract of report no. ER-34
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Corporate Authors:
American Railway Engineering Association
59 East Van Buren Street
Chicago, IL United States 60605 - Publication Date: 1963-10
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 88-89
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Serial:
- AREA BULLETIN
- Volume: 65 N
- Issue Number: 580
- Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bend tests; Concrete hardening; Drop tests; Flame hardening; Hardness; Load tests; Rail steel; Railroad rails; Shelling (Metals); Wear
- Old TRIS Terms: Rail drop tests; Rail metallurgy; Rail shelling; Slow bend tests
- Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00052298
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 15 1976 12:00AM