WELDING CONTINUOUS RAIL IN-TRACK

Continuous welded rail has usually been fabricated using the electric flash butt welding process to join 39-foot rails into 1440-foot lengths. These are then transported for installation in the field. This entails a major materials handling problem which could be reduced by making field welds. Such welds have not met the criteria of quality or cost. A solution developed in the USSR is a highly portable electric flash butt welder. It adds a new option for rail welding and is suitable not only for field work but also for in-plant welding.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 12th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1975. The complete volume is RRIS 02 132958, Pricing is for the complete volume: Repr. PC $6.75, Microfiche$2.25, NTIS PB-252968/AS.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hunziker, R A
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 12th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1975. The complete volume is RRIS 02 132958, Pricing is for the complete volume: Repr. PC $6.75, Microfiche$2.25, NTIS PB-252968/AS.
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 49-53

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment; Maintenance of way; Railroad rails; Welded rail; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail welding; Welding equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132964
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA OR&D 76-243
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM