THE CONCRETE TIE AND OPTIMUM TRACK

The Santa Fe Railway has installed a concrete tie test section near Streator, Illinois. The company is testing two types of ties and three types of rail clips. The track has continuous welded rail. It carries about 20 million gross tons of traffic annually, with train speeds up to 79 mph. Certain ties have 18 strain gauges permanently installed to record tie and track performance.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 61-64
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Continuous welded rail; Inspection; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Old TRIS Terms: Track component investigations
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095235
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1976 12:00AM