SANTA FE ADOPTS FLUX-CORED WIRE FOR RAIL-END BUILD-UP

To achieve better welds for building up battered and chipped rail ends, a gang using electric arc welding with flux-cored wire with semi-automatic feed works in jointed track territory. The process results in lower cost and requires less welder training than the oxy-acetylene welding formerly used.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 22-24
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance of way; Rail grinding; Rail joints; Railroad rails; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail end batter; Rail welding; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163782
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM