UP GRINDS RAIL TO SPEED WORK-HARDENING

The report describes how service life of rails at the Union Pacific is extended by grinding off spalled metal after the rail has been in the track two or three years.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 53
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance of way; Rail grinding; Railroad facilities; Railroad rails; Service life; Wear
• Identifier Terms: Union Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164425
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM