RAIL LUBRICATION IN THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL RAILROADS

In 1965, the Austrian Federal Railroads (OBB) began to equip track sections with rail-lubricating devices where severe wear was observed on the sides of the railhead in the outer curved rail. The various methods of rail lubrication, the lubricating device, and the positive results achieved with it are described. Calculations show that the service life of rails was increased by about 10 years and that the lubrication of rails and wheel flanges is very economical.

• Corporate Authors:

  Austrian Federal Railways

  Elisabethstrasse 9
  1010 Vienna,   Austria 
• Authors:
  • Czuba, W
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 13-16
• Serial:
  • OBB in Wort und Bild
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Austrian Federal Railways

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curved track; Flanges; Lubrication; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Rolling contact; Wear; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Flange lubrication; Track lubricators
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172614
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM