Railway Track Engineering, 4th Edition

Railway Track Engineering presents conventional methods of track construction, maintenance and monitoring, along with modern sophisticated track machines. It also comprehensively covers design details and specifications of important track components

Changes in the revised edition include :
• Explanation of the hitherto little understood phenomenon of rolling contact fatigue in rails and practical steps to deal with it.
• New technology of alumino-thermic rail welding.
• New guidelines for ultrasonic rail flaw detection.
• Ballastless track for metros, mainlines and washable aprons.
• Track standards for ultra high-speed lines in India.
• Track structure for Dedicated Freight Corridors.
• Technology of fully mechanized track construction with the deployment of simple track laying equipment to highly sophisticated track-laying trains.

Richly illustrated with photographs and line drawings, this book will be useful to professionals and students.

Foreword
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the First Editon

Chapter 1 : Indian Railways and its Track Structure
Chapter 2 : A. Iron and Steel & B. Rails
Chapter 3 : Rail Joints
Chapter 4 : Sleepers
Chapter 5 : Rail to Sleeper Fastenings
Chapter 6 : Railway Curves
Chapter 7 : Switches and Crossings
Chapter 8 : Ballast and Formation
Chapter 9 : Welding of Rails
Chapter 10 : Long Welded Rails
Chapter 11 : Conventional - Manual Track Maintenance Practices
Chapter 12 : Mechanised Track Maintenance
Chapter 13 : Directed Maintenance of Track: Track Management System
Chapter 14 : Measured Shovel Packing
Chapter 15 : Track Renewal
Chapter 16 : Modern Track Construction
Chapter 17 : Track Tolerances, Track Inspection and Track Recordings
Chapter 18 : High-Speed Track
Chapter 19 : Track Stresses
Chapter 20 : Track Standard and Track Rehabilitation
Chapter 21 : Special Types of Tracks
Chapter 22 : Derailment Investigations

Index