SUBMERGED TRACK GETS FAST LIFT

This article describes how the Argentine Railways solved a serious flooding problem by elevating long stretches of track. Photos show the steps involved in bring track out of water to a place above the highest flood level. Equipment used included a rubber-tired back-hoe; a rubber-tired combination tractor motor grader; a road roller; a hydraulically activated, three-section track-panel gantry system; and the normal kinds of track-laying and surfacing equipment. Includes details on the steps involved in the actual elevation process.

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• Publication Date: 1991-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 36
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Floods; Road rollers; Surfacing; Truck tractors
• Geographic Terms: Argentina
• Old TRIS Terms: Gantry; Rubber tired rollers; Track elevation; Track-laying equipment
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00607287
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1991 12:00AM