NEW LORAM SELF-PROPELLED UNIT FOR GRINDING RAIL OUT OF FACE

The paper features a rail-grinding machine designed to grind down corrugations and other defects that occur in rail that has been subjected to between five and ten million gross tons, or before corrugations become advanced to the extent that replacement of the rail or other maintenance procedures become necessary. The self propelled machine is designed to remove between .003 in. and .005 in. of metal during each pass.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-17
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrugations (Defects); Maintenance of way; Rail grinding; Railroad rails
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail corrugation
• Old TRIS Terms: Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148620
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM