INTERIOR SUPPORT STIFFENS EMBANKMENT RENEWAL

The Clinchfield Railroad has made the first reinforced earth installation under a North American railroad in the course of restoring an aging and unconsolidated earth embankment in North Carolina which failed after heavy rains. The reinforced earth slide buttress was found to be a cost effective and permanent answer.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • Goforth, J A
  • Elias, V
• Publication Date: 1980-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 32
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 76
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Embankments; Geotextiles; Mechanically stabilized earth; Reinforcing materials; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization
• Identifier Terms: Clinchfield Railroad
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankment stabilization
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322541
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 1980 12:00AM