REPAIRING RAILS DAMAGED BY SLIPPING LOCOMOTIVES

The advantages of welding were the elimination of an undesirable microstructure from the steel, the elimination of low spots in the rail at a point of metallurgical weakness, and the recovery of much rail for main line use which otherwise might be relegated to secondary service or scrapped. Laboratory tests and service experience in the U.S. thus appear to show that it is preferable to repair wheel-burns by welding than to leave the damaged rails in the track without welding. Repairing up to eight or nine burns per rail would probably be cheaper than replacing it and would therefore be justified.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1958-8-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 160
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 109

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Diesel locomotives; Locomotives; Maintenance management; Metal heating; Railroad rails; Technology; Welding; Wheel slip
• Uncontrolled Terms: Heat treatment; Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail welding; Wheel burn
• Subject Areas: Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037656
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM