ELIMINATION OF RAIL CORRUGATIONS

The West German Federal Railroads eliminated surface damage to the rail head first by means of the Krupp grinding train consisting of one car with a power generating set and three cars equipped with rotating, elastically suspended grinding wheels, later by means of the Schorling grinding train with four grinding cars, each provided with four pairs of grinding stones 70 cm in length. Since 1970 the much more rapid Speno grinding train was used which reaches 15 km/day or 5000 km/year at an operating speed 6 to 7 km/h. The train consists of nine grinding cars with 58 rotating, tiltable grinding wheels, one car with a power generating set, one control car and one accommodation car. The treatment includes running surface and running edge. In 1971 a track length of 3555 km was treated on a grinding travel of 4875 km.

• Corporate Authors:

  Alf Teloeken-Verlag KG

  Roemerstrasse 9, Postfach 32 01 09
  4000 Duesseldorf,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Van Harlem, D
• Publication Date: 1974-3

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 14-16
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahn Magazin
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Alf Teloeken-Verlag KG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrugations (Defects); Maintenance of way; Rail (Railroads); Rail grinding
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail corrugation
• Old TRIS Terms: Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172595
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM