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Track Renewal System and Wood Tie Reuse Analysis

This report presents the results of an analytical study of the technical and economic feasibility of applying the track renewal method of railroad track maintenance in the United States. Track renewal, or out-of-face renewal, has long been the prevailing form of track maintenance used in Europe...

Evaluation of Railroad Lime Slurry Stabilization

-This report describes a multifaceted investigation into the application of lime slurry pressure injection (LSPI) to stabilize and improve railroad roadbeds." - Area-s discussed include (1) the current state of lime-injection technology, (2) soil exploration and testing related to the use of...

Dynamic Buckling Test Analyses of a High Degree CWR Track

Thermal buckling of railroad tracks in the lateral plane is an important problem in the design and maintenance of continuous welded rail (CWR) tracks. The work reported here is part of a major investigation carried out by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center for the Federal...