New 112-lb rail section, designed to obtain greater torsional and flexural rigidity, and to bring about more uniform distribution of stress throughout section under all conditions of loading, is being laid in two sections of track on Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; details of rail section, known as torsion-resisting (TR) rail, which can be rolled in weights comparable to present Am Ry Eng Assn designs. (See also Ry Eng and Maintenance v 39 n 10 Oct 1943 p 757-8)


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    Title :

    Burlington tests rail of new design


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 115 , n 14


    Publication date :

    1943


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Burlington tests rail of new design

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