Details of rails rolled at Rheinhausen Works of F. Krupp Corp., Germany, contracted by Boston and Maine Railroad Co.; produced from steel made in 120-ton tilting basic-lined open-hearth furnaces; charges, mostly all cold, consisted of about 75 per cent mill scrap and 25 per cent pig iron made from Swedish and Morocco ore; outstanding features of Krupp practice; straightening rails; method of straightening; no hot cambering machine used. (See also Iron Age vol. 121, no. 6, Feb. 9, 1928 pp. 405-406, 1 fig; Metallurgist (Supp. to Engineer), May 25, 1928, pp. 76-77; Blast Furnace and Steel Plant, vol. 16, no. 3, Mar. 1928, pp. 361-367, 3 figs.)


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    Title :

    Rails made from bottom-cast ingots


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 84 , n 6


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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