UNDERPINNING AND STRENGTHENING TRACK

Five methods were tested to strengthen the black cotton subsoil under a section of the Great Indian Peninsula Bombay-Nagpur main line. One method used a wooden sleeper mattress under the ballast. Two methods used trough sleepers. The fourth method used a reinforced-concrete mattress under the present track. The fifth method used a corrugated-iron mattress. Only the reinforced-concrete mattress stabilized the track.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1942-9-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 224
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 77

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Ballastless track; Concrete slab track; Maintenance of way; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Rain; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Structural design; Technology; Wood ties
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast; Track design
• Geographic Terms: India
• Old TRIS Terms: Concrete paved track; Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037643
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM