This technical paper is a revision of the Chapter 8 Draft of J.S. Mundrey for the forthcoming 5 th edition RAILWAY TRACK ENGINEERING with modifications and amendments by Dr. F.A. Wingler. A Railway Track needs to be addressed in its entirety rather by only its individual constituents. The technical paper deals in Part I with […]
Month: September 2016
WATER THE ENEMY OF THE RAIL TRACK
Water is the Enemy of the Rail Track and hence the Enemy of the Track Engineer. Wisdom tells: “One cannot be too careful in how to deal with his Enemy!” “One of the most time-consuming things is to have an Enemy!” Stability and longevity of a Rail Track depend in large extend, if water can […]
RAIL FASTENING SYSTEMS
This Technical paper is a revision with amendments by Dr. F.A. Wingler of the draft on Chapter 5 of J.S. Mundrey`s forthcoming 5 th edition RAILWAY TRACK ENGINEERING. The article covers direct and indirect Rail to Sleeper Fastening Systems for wooden, compound, steel and concrete sleepers as well for ballast-less slab-tracks. Most common are indirect […]