RESEARCH PRODUCES INNOVATIONS IN FROG AND SWITCH DESIGN

Changes in design have produced for Canadian Pacific a main- line turnout with significantly longer service life and reduced maintenance costs. Explosive hardening of manganese castings, use of chrome steel in manufacture of special trackwork and adoption of special stop nuts have all been adopted since the investigation began in 1968.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

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  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26-29
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloy steel; Development; Fastenings; Frogs (Railroads); Maintenance of way; Rail steel; Railroad tracks; Research; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development; Switches; Track design
• Old TRIS Terms: Explosive hardening
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138335
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1976 12:00AM