FASTENING RAILS TO CONCRETE SLEEPERS

A new method of fastening rails to concrete sleepers has now been installed experimentally. The new type of fastening embodies certain features of German practice in conjunction with the use of a grooved rubber pad. The fastening is essentially of the clip type, the clip itself being secured by means of a long screw run into a corrugated wood plug cast in the concrete sleeper. The rail sits on a grooved rubber pad. The form of the wide V-shaped grooves, together with the hardness of the rubber selected, gives a very satisfactory load-deflection characteristic of the pad. Rubber has also been applied at both ends of the clip and rubber-bonded cork has been used under the head of the screw.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1956-4-20

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 232-233
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 104

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Fasteners; Fastenings; Mat footings; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Rubber; Structural design; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track design
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Clip fasteners; Rubber mats
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039664
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1994 12:00AM