SAFETY DEVICES FOR TRACK LAID ON CONCRETE OR STEEL SLEEPERS. THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF TRACK CIRCUITS ON TRACKS WITH WOODEN, CONCRETE AND STEEL SLEEPERS AS WELL AS WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING THE INSULATION

Contents: 1. Requirements of the signalling Departments. 2. Methods of electrical insulation for various types of sleepers and various methods of rail fastening. 3. Loss of electric resistance and measure to improve the electrical resistance. 4. Final conclusions.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1957-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Electric insulating materials; Railroad ties; Steel; Track circuits; Wood ties
• Identifier Terms: British Rail; Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn; Nederlandse Spoorwegen; Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges; Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais; Statens Jarnvagar
• Old TRIS Terms: Electrical insulation; Insulated rail; Question a25; Steel cross ties; Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052684
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: A25/RP 1/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM