CONCENTRATED RAIL RENEWAL WORK ON THE TOHOKU LINE

The 50 kg/m rails on the Tohoku line, were due for renewal after the passage of 400 to 500 million tonnes of freight. This renewal was not easy to carry out over a line handling more than 200 trains daily in each direction. In 1975, the replacement of old rails by 60 kg/m continuous welded rails was organised by introducing, in the train-path pattern, daily stoppages of 4 hours and a half during which 2 km of track were laid. Despite the highly sophisticated equipment used, the rail renewal operation over 32 km of track necessitated the presence of a force of 5000.

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  Japan Railway Engineers' Association

  2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • INOH, T
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-22
• Serial:
  • Japanese Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 3/4
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
  • ISSN: 0448-8938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance of way; Track laying; Welded rail
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157929
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM