RAIL PRACTICES IN RUSSIA: WHAT US GROUP FOUND

The similarities and differences in rail steel metallurgy between the USSR railroads and those in North America as explored in an FRA-Soviet Railway Ministry exchange program are discussed. Chemical and mechanical properties are compared for heat treated and non heat treated rails. To retard the rate of defect formation, USSR railways have adopted fully heat-treated rail as standard and the production process for these is illustrated. The plans for further rail steel research are described. Ultimately the aim is a steel with a 450 Brinnel hardness and 235,000 psi tensile strength by increasing carbon content and adding alloys such as boron and vanadium. Rail replacements in track are usually determined by defect formation rather than wear.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

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  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • Stone, D H
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-22
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloys; Defects; Maintenance of way; Metal heating; Metallurgy; Rail steel; Railroad rails; Railroads; Wear
• Uncontrolled Terms: Heat treatment
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail steel metallurgy
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141565
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 1976 12:00AM