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  2. Rail profile - Wikipedia

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    The American Society of Civil Engineers (or ASCE) specified rail profiles in 1893 [20] for 5 lb/yd (2.5 kg/m) increments from 40 to 100 lb/yd (19.8 to 49.6 kg/m). Height of rail equaled width of foot for each ASCE tee-rail weight; and the profiles specified fixed proportion of weight in head, web and foot of 42%, 21% and 37%, respectively.

  3. Railroad tie - Wikipedia

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    The type of railroad tie used on the predecessors of the first true railway (Liverpool and Manchester Railway) consisted of a pair of stone blocks laid into the ground, with the chairs holding the rails fixed to those blocks. One advantage of this method of construction was that it allowed horses to tread the middle path without the risk of ...

  4. Railway track - Wikipedia

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    A railway track (CwthE and UIC terminology) or railroad track (NAmE), also known as permanent way (CwthE) [1] or "P Way" (BrE [2] and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers (railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

  5. Ballastless track - Wikipedia

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    Slab track with flexible noise-reducing rail fixings, built by German company Max Bögl, on the Nürnberg–Ingolstadt high-speed line. A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt.

  6. Concrete sleeper - Wikipedia

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    A study undertaken as part of Euronoise 2018 found that concrete sleepers are on average 2 dB(A) quieter than wooden sleepers, but on straight sections of track cause more noise emissions in the sub-bass (16–60 Hz) and midrange (500–2000 Hz) frequencies ranges.

  7. List of construction methods - Wikipedia

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    construction site workers loading water, sand, ballast and cement into a concrete mixer. Concrete is typically used in commercial buildings and civil engineering projects, for its strength and durability. Concrete is a mix of cement and water plus an aggregate such as sand or stone. Its compression strength means it can support heavy weights. [5]

  8. Minimum railway curve radius - Wikipedia

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    Extra heavy concrete sleepers [10] 87.8 m (288 ft 11 ⁄ 16 in) North American rail network: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Absolute minimum radius; not on lines for general service 85 m (279 ft) Windberg Railway (de:Windbergbahn) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) (between Freital-Birkigt and Dresden-Gittersee) - restrictions to wheelbase 80 m ...

  9. Track ballast - Wikipedia

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    The appropriate thickness of a layer of track ballast depends on the size and spacing of the ties, the amount of traffic on the line, and various other factors. [1] Track ballast should never be laid down less than 150 mm (6 inches) thick, [5] and high-speed railway lines may require ballast up to 0.5 metres (20 inches) thick. [6]