Flat bottom railway rails

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

08-31-1978

Language(s)

English

Published date

02-25-1959

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
SPECIFICATION
SECTION ONE: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. Scope
2. Flat bottom railway rail sections
3. Quality and chemical composition of the steel
4. Marking
5. Templates
6. Notice of rolling
7. Manufacture
8. Rails to conform to template
9. Permissible variation in dimensions
10. Freedom from defects
11. Testing facilities
12. Facilities for inspection of manufacture
13. Chemical analysis after rolling
14. Number of chemical analyses after rolling
15. Falling weight test
16. Number of falling weight tests
17. Tensile test and test pieces
18. Number of tensile tests
19. Pendulum impact test and test pieces
20. Number of pendulum impact tests
21. Tests at manufacturer's works
22. Additional chemical analyses, and mechanical test
before rejection
23. Independent chemical analyses and tensile tests
24. Straightening
25. Sawing
26. Length of rails
27. Length of rails for matching
28. Permissible variation in length of rails
29. Calculated weight
30. Holes in rails
31. Marking of accepted rails
32. Rejection
APPENDICES
A. Falling weight testing machines for rails
B. Holing of flat bottom railway rails

Pertains to flat bottom railway rails.

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	0
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded

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