RAIL GUIDE-WHEEL ATTACHMENTS: THEIR ORIGIN, PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS

Adaptation of rubber-tired equipment for on-track use is traced from its beginning to the present, including the difficulties created by trend to wider tread widths by vehicle manufacturers. The author concludes that rail-wheel attachments have stabilized and that further changes due to altered vehicle designs are unlikely.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • Cors, B E
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 28-31
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cranes; Highway transportation; Inspection cars; Maintenance of way; Vehicle components
• Old TRIS Terms: Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157505
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM