"ENGINEERED" TRACK - PART TWO: BALLAST STABILITY AND PROLONGED RAIL LIFE

This is the second, and final article on the design of modern track. The article discusses the identification of qualities lending high stability to ballast, the role of ties in transmitting loads and holding gauge, and the factors tending to produce rail failure.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also RRIS 01 095233, RRIS Bulletin 7502.
• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 49-52
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Failure; Rail (Railroads); Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Stabilized materials; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track design
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast stabilization; Rail failure
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099201
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1976 12:00AM