Method used at Santa Fe when laying butt-welded rails; connection of long strings with conventional bolted joints in which angle bars are bonded to rails by applying epoxy "glue" to contact surfaces of joint bars and rails to provide strength necessary to resist pulling action of rails; glue used is 2-part epoxy formulation. (See also Ry Age v 155 n 23 Dec 9 1963 p 19-20)


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    Title :

    ATSF `glues' welded-track joints


    Additional title:

    Ry Track Structures


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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