OBB TRIES OUT LUGGED SLEEPERS ON SMALL RADIUS CURVES

Because of problems of transverse displacement and buckling, Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), like most other European railways, limits the installation of continuously-welded rail on concrete sleepers to curved track with a radius of not less than 450 m. In Austria, however, this limitation affects between 30 and 40 per cent of OBB's mileage and there is economic pressure to solve these problems so that the advantages of long-welded rail can be extended to routes with curves of smaller radius. OBB has therefore developed two new monobloc concrete sleepers with this in mind.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 239-241
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Curves (Geometry); Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Standards; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Austria
• Old TRIS Terms: Track standards
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057514
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 1976 12:00AM