IT'S 'BIG' IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS

Double-line facility at Amarillo, Tex, described is reported to produce welded strings for the entire system, including secondhand rail which is brought to the plant in quarter-mile jointed strings. Operationally, the system for handling secondhand rails is divided into four zones: dismantling, inspection, cropping, and marshalling.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment; Railroad rails; Welded rail; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail welding; Welding equipment
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00071817
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM