SANTE FE ADAPTS LASER BEAM FOR BUILDING TRACKS IN BIG YARD

In constructing the new freight classification yard at Barstow, Calif., Santa Fe is using a laser beam in conjunction with the production tamper/liner for raising and lining the tracks to engineers' stakes. Also in use is a rig developed by Santa Fe for distributing ties on the subgrade to the desired spacing. Details of the split laser beam system in conjunction with the Plasser equipment is described.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 34-36
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Lasers; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Spacing; Tamping; Track laying
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Old TRIS Terms: Cross tie spacing; Tampers; Track alignment; Yard construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126448
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM