CLOSING THE GAP AT THE FROG

Swing-nose or swing-wing turnouts, designed to provide an uninterrupted path for wheel treads, have been installed experimentally by a number of European administrations, and their advantages in cutting down both horizontal and vertical impacts are likely to be more widely appreciated as speeds rise.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 239
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Frogs (Railroads); High speed track; Railroad tracks; Railroad turnouts; Standards; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Austria
• Old TRIS Terms: Track standards
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057515
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 1976 12:00AM