UP SOLVES A TEMPERATURE PROBLEM

Equipment for reducing the incidence of pull-aparts in winter and kick-outs in summer in continuous welded rail was developed at Teleweld, Inc., in collaboration with Union Pacific. The equipment is comprised of heating and cooling units mounted on track cars. Welded rail is brought to selected anchoring temperature by heater-cooler.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This abstract is also contained in "A Bibliography on the Design and Performance of Rail Track Structures", September 1974, RRIS #072794, which was prepared for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. See also Railway Track and Structures, Vol. 66, No. 1, January 1960, p 16.
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1970-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 168
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cold weather; Continuous welded rail; Hot weather; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance of way; Operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Hot weather operations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072810
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1976 12:00AM