POST-MORTEM SET FOR THE KANSAS TEST TRACK

Problems developed almost immediately after this 8000-ft experimental section was placed in service in 1973. The early problems centered in the anchorages for the fastenings in test sections built with concrete slabs and longitudinal beams. The track was taken out of service until redesigned anchorages could be installed. With the track back under traffic, other problems were encountered, attributed mainly to unstable roadbed. The final straw came when two kinks occurred which were attributed to fouled ballast. The track has now been dismantled.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-18
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete slab track; Concrete ties; Instrumentation; Rail fasteners; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Stabilized materials; Structural design; Test tracks; Track ballast
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast; Track design
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast stabilization
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132982
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM