CLOSING THE GAP AT THE FROG
Swing-nose or swing-wing turnouts, designed to provide an uninterrupted path for wheel treads, have been installed experimentally by a number of European administrations, and their advantages in cutting down both horizontal and vertical impacts are likely to be more widely appreciated as speeds rise.
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Corporate Authors:
IPC Transport Press, Limited
Dorset House, Stamford Street
London SE1 9LU, England - Publication Date: 1974-6
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 239
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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: Frogs (Railroads); High speed track; Railroad tracks; Railroad turnouts; Standards; Technology
- Geographic Terms: Austria
- Old TRIS Terms: Track standards
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00057515
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 28 1976 12:00AM