TIMBER CROSSTIES FOR WIDE-GAUGE RAILROADS GOST 78-65, GROUP K23-OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

SHAPALY DEREVIANNYE DLIA ZHELEZNYKH DOROG SHIROKOI KOLEI GOST 78-65 GRUPPA K-23 IZDANIE OFITSIAL'NOE

Three types of wooden crossties for wide gauge railroads are produced, depending on their designation: I - for main tracks; II - for station and approach tracks; III - for lightly used tracks of industrial enterprises. According to cross-section configuration, crossties are of two types: A (trimmed) - cut on four sides; B (non-trimmed) - cut on two opposite sides only. Their dimensions are given in Table 1. The moisture content should not exceed 22% abs. The length of crossties has to be 2750 mm. They are made from the following woods: pine, spruce, fir, larch, cedar, beech and birch. Technical specifications are given in tabular form. The quality of impregnation has to satisfy requirements of GOST 5430-50. Inspection, marking, transportation and storage procedures are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract only is available in English, original untranslated as of December 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  USSR Council of Ministers

  State Committee for Standards
  Moscow,   USSR 
• Publication Date: 1965

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Creosote; Railroad ties; Specifications; Wood preservatives; Wood ties
• Old TRIS Terms: Creosoting; Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144454
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM