TRACK REPAIRS USING EPOXY RESIN

The water and cleaning chemicals at the railway car washing plant deteriorated the precast concrete pot cross ties. Rather than imbedding the new concrete cross ties in mortar, epoxy resin mixed with a special sand was used. Although much more expensive, the epoxy-sand mixture is unaffected by the cleaning solutions used thus, it should prolong the track life.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1965-1-15

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 68
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 121

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cleaning; Concrete; Concrete ties; Costs; Maintenance management; Maintenance of way; Plastics; Railroad ties; Technology; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Chemical cleaning
• Subject Areas: Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037855
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM