BEHAVIOR OF RAIL STEEL USED BY THE WEST GERMAN FEDERAL RAILROADS

VERHALTEN VON SCHIENENSTAHL BEI DER DEUTSCHEN BUNDESBAHN

In the past two decades the West German Federal Railroads have increasingly used heavy rails of wear-resistant steels with a minimum tensile strength of 90 kg/sq mm. Since 1970 use has been made exclusively of wear-resistant rails of grade A, which differs from grade B in carbon and manganese content. This decision was determined by the favorable transformation behavior of grade A during welding. Details are given to prove the successful use of these rails. In the future rails with a minimum tensile strength of 100 kg/sq mm will be needed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Munch, W
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 214-218
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloy steel; High speed rail; Rail steel; Railroad rails; Wear resistant alloys; Welding
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail metallurgy; Rail steel metallurgy; Rail welding
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172588
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM