ICG FAVORS CORED-WIRE ELECTRODE FOR RAIL AND FROG MAINTENANCE

Small-diameter wire is said to avoid high heat input and subsequent underbead cracking. Automatic feeder is claimed to permit unskilled welder to weld continuously and to perform satisfactory work. The backlog of deferred frog maintenance was cleared up in three years because of the new equipment.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 18-19
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment; Maintenance of way; Railroad frogs; Repairing; Welded rail; Welding
• Uncontrolled Terms: Switches
• Old TRIS Terms: Track maintenance equipment; Welded rail repairs; Welding equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099803
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1976 12:00AM