DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS INTO SLEEPER DEFECTS

In 1950-51, 400,000 failed wooden cross ties were examined and classified as to the type of failure: (1) decay, (2) plate-cutting, (3) splitting, (4) shattering, (5) spike killing, (6) braking (7) ring separation, and (8) accident. Five types of wood were involved, but 85 percent of the sleepers examined were of pine or fir species more universally used then the other two, oak and gum. Plate-cutting, splitting and shattering accounted for about 1/3 each of the total failures.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1953-6-26

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 725-726
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 98

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biodeterioration; Maintenance of way; Railroad ties; Technology; Wood ties
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological deterioration; Splitting (Cross ties); Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039548
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM