In 2-direction, heavy traffic main track near Chicago, Illinois Central Railroad installed series of tests on ties, rail, fastenings, ballast and several other features of construction; entire experiment on 20-mi stretch of 131-lb rail was designed so that results of no single test would influence any other. Extracts from paper before Maintenance of Way Club, Chicago.
Tests hold key to many track problems
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 116 , n 5
1944
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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