CONCENTRATED RAIL RENEWAL WORK ON THE TOHOKU LINE
The 50 kg/m rails on the Tohoku line, were due for renewal after the passage of 400 to 500 million tonnes of freight. This renewal was not easy to carry out over a line handling more than 200 trains daily in each direction. In 1975, the replacement of old rails by 60 kg/m continuous welded rails was organised by introducing, in the train-path pattern, daily stoppages of 4 hours and a half during which 2 km of track were laid. Despite the highly sophisticated equipment used, the rail renewal operation over 32 km of track necessitated the presence of a force of 5000.
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Corporate Authors:
Japan Railway Engineers' Association
2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, Japan -
Authors:
- INOH, T
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 20-22
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Serial:
- Japanese Railway Engineering
- Volume: 16
- Issue Number: 3/4
- Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
- ISSN: 0448-8938
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Maintenance of way; Track laying; Welded rail
- Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00157929
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: International Union of Railways
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM