Fundamental considerations involved in wheel-rail adhesion and methods for improving this relationship; laboratory and field tests of various antilubricants for improving rail adhesion carried out at Battelle Memorial Inst, Stanford Research Inst, and by Southern Pacific; tests include commonly used sand as well as silica in its other forms; methods for improving sanding devices.


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    Title :

    Improving rail adhesion for diesel locomotives


    Additional title:

    ASME -- Paper


    Contributors:
    Garin, P.V. (author)

    Conference:

    ASME Meeting ; 1957 Wheels


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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