SUMMARY OF HEAT-TREATED AND ALLOY RAIL SERVICE TEST INSTALLATIONS ON CURVES WITH SHELLY HISTORIES--1972

The AAR, in its program of Rail Research, has a project of field inspection and analysis of those rails that continue in service which show some potential for improvement in performance. The field inspections are carried out as a cooperative effort of the American Railway Engineering Association (AREA) Rail Committee, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), and the AAR Research and Test Department. This report is a summary of results of the August and September 1972 inspections of seven field test installations of High-Silicon, Curvemaster, Fully Heat-Treated and Columbium Treated Rails.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • An RPI-AAR Cooperative Project.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads Research Center

  3140 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Authors:
  • Schoeneberg, K W
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloy steel; Curved rail; Defects; Heat treated rail; Metallurgy; Rail steel; Railhead; Railroad rails; Shelling (Metals)
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail shelling; Rail steel metallurgy; Shelling (Rails)
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080284
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-121 Res. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1976 12:00AM