TRACK PRACTICES IN THE USSR

A six-man tour sponsored by the Department of Transportation made an 11-day tour of Soviet railroads to give them a look at track problems and practices in the USSR. In this first of two installments, the team of engineers and researchers reports on use of concrete ties and continuous welded rail. Track practices are largely determined by the heavy traffic densities of major routes. The goal is to do as much maintenance work in the shortest possible time, achieved by going to massive, high-production machines wherever possible. Much use is made of prefabricated track panels to speed this process. Various specialized machines are described.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also RRIS #072568.
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1974-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-25
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Maintenance management; Maintenance of way; Maintenance practices; Railroad ties; Railroads; Tamping; Track panels; Welded rail
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: Panel track; Tampers
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072471
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM