The Track Cyclopedia

533 Pages·1978·146.778 MB·English

by  ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS

TRACK
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CYCLOPEDIA
Ninth Edition
Compiled and Edited in Cooperation With the
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
R.F. Beck, Chief Engineer, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co.
T.B. Hutcheson, Assistant Vice-President-Engineering, Seaboard Coast Line R.R. Co.
A.L. Sams, Chief-Engineering, Components and Facilities, De Leuw Cather/Parsons &
Associates
E.H. Waring, Chief Engineer, Denver, and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Richard G. Barker Don Gruening
R.F. Beck W.R. Hamilton
Patrick Bradley Hugh Hazelton, Jr.
David R. Burns Bob Hudson
Dave Carew T.P. Kenney
Linton E. Cowart Harry J. Knight
T.F. De Joseph Dick Melton
C. Edwards F .L. Pecko ver
Ken Ellsworth John R. Rushmer
L.E. Flinn George Way
Hans D. Fricke John W. Weber
Floyd A. Glasser Gerald L. Westwood
H.C. Archdeacon, Editor In Chief
Merwin H. Dick, Senior Consulting Editor
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Techincal Assistant, Nancy A. Schrepf
Publisher, Reid Kenedy
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge the guidance and fine cooperation
given to us by our A.R.E.A. Advisory Board, by the
engineering departments of all railroads, and by the
railroad supply industry. Their help and support
made this edition possible.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 TRACK CONTRACTOR'S DIRECTORY
II GLOSSARY
III INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
SECTION 1- ROADWAY STABILIZATION AND DRAINAGE
SECTION 2- EXCAVATION GRADING AND GRADING EQUIPMENT
SECTION 3- BALLAST
SECTION 4- BALLAST MAINTENANCE MACHINERY
SECTION 5- TRACK SURFACING AND ALINEMENT
SECTION 6- CROSS AND SWITCH TIES
SECTION 7- CONCRETE TIES
SECTION 8- RENEWAL OF CROSS AND SWITCH TIES
SECTION 9- RAIL
SECTION 10- CONTINUOUS WELDED RAIL
SECTION II- RAIL ANCHORS
SECTION 12-TIE PLATES AND FASTENINGS
SECTION 13- RAIL JOINTS AND ACCESSORIES
SECTION 14- RAIL RENEWAL
SECTION 15- TRACK LAYING SYSTEMS
SECTION 16- RAIL MAINTENANCE
SECTION 17- SWITCHES, FROGS AND GUARD RAILS
SECTION 18- CROSSINGS AND SLIP SWITCHES
SECTION 19- RAIL AND TRACKWORK WELDING
SECTION 20- SWITCH STANDS
SECTION 21- DERAILS, BUMPERS AND CAR STOPS
SECTION 22- HIGHWAY CROSSINGS
SECTION 23- SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
SECTION 24- VEGETATION CONTROL
SECTION 25- FAST
SECTION 26- TRACK TOOLS
SECTION 27- RAILWAY AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT
SECTION 28- CRANES AND ACCESSORIES
SECTION 29- MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF WORK EQUIPMENT
SECTION 30- MOBILE HOUSING FOR EMPLOYEES
SECTION 31- FRA SAFETY STANDARDS
CLASSIFIED BUYER'S GUIDE
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
A
Section
Section lijima Kiko, Ltd ................................ 16
Aatlas Track Construction Co. ................ TCD* Industrial Railroad Service, Inc ................. TCD
Abex Corporation (Railraod Products Group). . . . . . 9
12, 17, 18, 19 J
Alberto Pulido, Inc ........................... TCD
Aldon Company, The ........................... 21
Allegheny Drop Forge Co. ....................... 13
Jackson Vibrators, Inc ..................... TCD, 15
Atlantic Maintenance of Way Co. ................. 8
Atlas Railraod Construction Co ................ TCD
Avon Rubber ................................ TCD K
B
Kelly Railroad Contractors, Inc ................ TCD
Kershaw Manufacturing Co., Inc ................ 4, 8
Burro Crane, Inc. .............................. 28 Koppers Co., Inc. (Forest Products Div .) ........ 6, 22
Koppers Co., Inc. (Metal Products Div .) ........... 12
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Camc ar Division of Textron, Inc ................ TCD
Canron Railgroup (Tamper/Matisa) ......... TCD, 4
Lewis Bolt and Nut Co .......................... 12
5, 15, 27, 31
Loctite Corp. .................................. 13
J.l. Case Division of Tenneco .............. 23, 27,28
Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc ............. TCD, 4
CF&I Steel Corp. (a subsidiary of Crane Co.). . . . . . . 9
Charter Manufacturing Co., Inc .................. 18
Chemetron Corp. (Railway Products Div .) ......... 10
M
Contrak, Inc ............................. ... TCD
D Meadowbrook Enterprises ....................... 22
Midway Railroad Construction Co .............. TCD
Midwest Industrial Supply ....................... 23
V.N. Deprizio Construction Co. ................ TCD
Midwest Railroad Construction and Maintenance
Diaz Contracting, Inc ......................... TCD
Corp .... ................................. TCD
Difco, Inc .................................... 2, 3
Midwest Steel, (a subsidiary of Unarco) ... 9, 17, 21, 26
3M Co. (Decorative Products Div.) ............... 22
E
3M Co. (Industrial Specialities Div .) .... ........... 13
Mississippi Supply Co., Inc ...................... 23
Eastern Railraod Builders, Inc .................. TCD
Monsanto Agricultural Products Co ............... 24
Elanc o Products Co. (A div. of Eli Lilly Co.) ....... 24
Moore and Steele Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Eli Lilly Co .................................... 24
Morrison/Knudsen Co., Inc. (Railroad Div .) ..... TCD
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N
Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc ........... 8, 12, 16, 27
National Lock Washer Co., The (Div. of Charter Man-
Faithron, Inc ..... ........................... TCD
ufacturing Co., Inc.) .......................... 18
L.B. Foster Co., Inc. ......................... 9, 17 Neosho Construction Co., Inc .................. TCD
G p
Gateway Forest Products, Inc .................. TCD
Pacific Car and Foundry Co. ..................... 3
General Tire Industrial Products ....... ........... 22
Pandrol, Inc ................................... 11
Park Rubber .................................. 22
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Pettibone Corp. (Railroad Products Div .) .......... 28
Plant City Steel Co. ............................. 22
Harsco Corp. .................................. 22 Portee, Inc., Railway Products Di v .......... 11, 13, 25
Herzog Contracting Corp. ..................... TCD Portee, Inc., RMC Div .................. 4, 11, 12, 14
Hiab Cranes and Loaders, Inc ......... ........... 28 Power Parts Sign Co. ........................... 22
Huck Manufacturing Co. ........................ 12 Alberto Pulido, Inc ........................... TCD
• TCD Indicates Track Contractor's Directory
R Section
Tenneco, J .I. Case Div .. ............... 23, 24, 27, 28
RBI Industries ................................. 22 Textron, Inc ................................. TCD
Racine Railroad Products, Inc .................. 9, 16 James M. Thomas, Inc .. ...................... TCD
Railroad Contractors, Inc ..................... TCD Track Specialties Co. ........................... 21
Railroad Constructors, Inc .................... TCD True Temper Corp. .............. 1, 11, 12, 22, 25, 31
Railroad Maintenance Corp. (a div. of Portee) .... TCD
11' 12, 14 u
Railroad Service, Inc ..................... ..... TCD
Rails Company, The .................... ........ 23
Unarco (a subsidiary of Midwest Steel) .... 9, 17, 21, 26
Railway Track-Work Co. ........................ 16
Unit D.E., Inc ................................. 11
Republic Drill and Tool Co ....................... 26
Unit Rail Anchor Co ............................ 11
Rexnord, Inc ........................... 3, 8, 14, 16
United States Steel Corp. ........................ 19
s U.S. Thermit, Inc ............................... 19
v
Security Locknut, Inc ........................... 13
Velsicol Chemical Corp. ......................... 24
William A. Smith Construction Co. ........... TCD, 1
Southwestern Railway Co. .................... TCD w
Speno Rail Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Standard Construction Co. .................... TCD
Wacker Corp ....... .................. ......... 26
R.W. Summers Railroad Contractors ........... TCD
Weir Kilby (a div. of L.B. Foster) ................. 17
Szarka Enterprises, Inc ........................ TCD
Western-Cullen-Hayes, Inc .... ................... 21
Woodings-Verona Tool Works ................... 11
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Tamper/Matisa (see Canron Railgroup) ...... 5, 15, 31
Teleweld, Inc ........... ....................... 19
York Engineering Co ............................ 19
Templeton, Kenly and Co ..... ............. ...... 26
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TRACK CONTRACTOR·'s DIRECTORY
CANADA ALABAMA
A & B Rail Contractors Ltd., 2720 No. S Road, Richmond, B.S. Can. Argo Construction & Railway Maintenance Co., Inc., P .0. Box 2428,
V6X 2T3 (C~M,L) Also- Phenix City, Ala. 36867 (C,M)
Nisku Industrial Park, Box 81, Edmonton, Alta TOC 200 ATLAS RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CO., 3800 Cabana Square,
Canadian Railroad Builders, IOS25 127th Avenue, Edmonton, Alta., Suite 202, Mobile, Ala. 36609 (C,M,L) (see also Florida, Georgia,
Can. TSE-OC3 (C,M,L) Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania)
Eastern Railway Siding Construction Ltd., 2650 Diab Street, Ville St. ROYCE KERSHAW CO. INC., P.O. Drawer 9328, Montgomery,
Laurent, Que., Can. H4S 1E8 (C,M,L) Ala. 36108 (M,L) (see also specialized services)
Frontier Railway Maintenance & Construction Co., Inc. (Acme Railroad Repair & Construction Co., Route One, Wellington, Ala.
Railway Maintenance Ltd.) Queen Street, Niagara Falls, Ont., Can. 36279 (C,M)
(C,M,L) (see also New York) P. E. Thomas Construction Co., Inc., P.O. Box 6346, Birmingham,
Great Lakes Rail Limited, 3S9 Burbidge Street, Thunder Bay, Ont., Ala. 35217 (C,M) (see also Tennessee)
Can. P7B 5R3 (C,M,L) T&S Railroad Construction, Inc., Route 5, Scottsboro, Ala. 35768
Holland Railway Equipment, Ltd., 2121 Old Orchard Avenue, Mon (C,M,L)
treal 260, Que., Can. (flash-butt rail welding) (see also Illinois) (see
also specialized services) ALASKA
Janin Construction Ltd., 7085 Cote des Neiges, Montreal, Que. H3R
2Ml (C)
Jerry's Welding & Railroad Construction, 1602 E. 41st, Anchorage,
Loram International, Ltd., 320 7th Avenue, S.W., Calgary, Alta., Alaska 99504 (C,M)
Can. T2P 2M7 (C,M,L)
Pacific Northern Rail Contractors Corp., 20108 Logan Avenue, ARIZONA
Langley, B.C., Can. V3A 4L6 (C,M)
Penvidic Contracting (1971) Ltd., 864 Drury Lane, P.O. Box 130,
Arizona Railroad Co., Inc., P.O. Box 6067, Phoenix, Ariz. 85005
Burlington, Ont. L7R 3X8, Can. (C,M,L)
6021272-6808 (C,M,L)
Skelly & Wallans Ltd., 101 Glen Cameron Road. Thornhill, Ont.,
Can. L3T IN3 (C,M)
V. N. DEPRIZIO CONSTRUCTION CO., Arizona Div., 4222 S.
Violin Railroad Construction Co., Ltd., 7171 Torbram Road, Unit
15th Avenue, Phoenix, Ariz. 85041 (C,M) (see also Illinois, Indiana)
548, Mississauga, Ont., Can. L4T IG7 (C,M)
Western Railway Siding Construction Ltd., 193 Eagle Drive, Win
nipeg, Man., Can. R3E ITO (C,M,L)
V.N. DEPRIZIO
JOHN WHEELWRIGHT LTD., 110 Fenmar Drive, Weston, Ont.,
Can., M9L IM5 (C,M)
CONSTRUCTION
ENGLAND
A VON INDUSTRIAL & POLYMERS, LIMITED, Brand ford-on COMPANY
Avon, Wiltshire, England (See also Pennsylvania)
JAPAN
Track Construction
lijima Kiko Co., Ltd., 51-1, 4-Chome Koenjiminami Suginami-Ku,
Tokyo, Japan, Tel. [phone] Track Maintenance
Preliminary & Detailed
Designs
ATLAS RAILROAD
Feasibility Studies
CONSTRUCTION
3001 West Soffell Avenue
COMPANY Melrose Park, Illinois 60160
[phone]
Phoenix, Arizona; Portage, Indiana
Design.Special Services
Construction-Maintenance
M. Lummus, Inc., P.O. Box 14941, Phoenix, Ariz. 80563 (C,M) (see
Track Materials
also California)
R & R LEASING CO., P.O. Box 6966, Phoenix, Ariz. 85005, Telex
P.O. Box 8 66-7316 (L), (see also Pennsylvania and lllinois)
Eighty-Four Pennsylvania 15:n> Railroad Builders, Inc., P .0. Box 547, Glendale, Ariz. 85311 (C,M~
(412) 2284500 (see also Colorado)
Offices in Atmta, GA; Louisville, KY; Tanpa, FL SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY CO., P.O. Box 6087, Phoenix, Ariz.
85005, Telex 66-7316 (C,M,L) (see also California)
Washington, D.C. Area; WinstonSalem, NC
M. M. Sundt Construction Co., P.O. Box 27507, Tucson, Ariz. 85726
(C). Also-
2122 South 23rd, Phoenix, Ariz. 85036
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ARKANSAS FAITHORN, INC., 639 Finley Lane, 114 Craig, Colo., 81625,
303/824-2245 (C,M) (also located in Illinois, 312/672-7251)
Trac-Work, Inc., P.O. Box 9428, Little Rock, Ark. 72209 (C,M) (see Railroad Builders, Inc., 1601 W. Nassau Avenue, Englewood, Colo.
also Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas) 80110 (C,M) (see also Arizona)
Smith-Miller Construction Co., Inc., 1405 Querida Drive, Colorado
CALIFORNIA Springs, Colo. 80909 (C,M,L) (see also Kansas)
Gordon H. Ball, Inc., 300 Camille Avenue, Danville, Calif. 94526 CONNECTICUT
(C,M) (see also Georgia, Virginia)
Waller H. Barber & Son, 8163 Commercial Street, La Mesa, Calif. Anthony Julian Railroad Construction Co., Inc., 514 Grand Street.
92041 (C,M,L) Bridgeport, Conn. 06604 (C,M)
CANRON RAILGROUP. 1445 Quartz Way, San Jose, Calif. 95118 ETL Excelsior Truck Leasing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 941, Orange. Conn.
(M,L) (see also Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 06477 (L) (see also Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pen
Pennsylvania, South Carolina) nsylvania
LOCTITE CORPORATION, 705 N. Mountain Rd .. Newington.
Conn. [phone]
CAN RON
DELAWARE
RAILGROUP
HIAB CRANES AND LOADERS. INC., Hiab Circle, New Ark, Del.
19711, [phone]
Surfacing &
Track Speciahies Co., Inc., 18 Sylvan Rd., S. P.O. Box 729 06880
Track Alignment [phone]
National Railroad Contractors, Building 19, Terminal & Christina
Ballast Equalizing & Avenues, Wilmington, Del. 19801 (C,M)
Regulating
FLORIDA
Brush Cutting
Atlantic Railroad Supply Company, P.O. Box 25091. Tamarac,
Equipment Leasing Florida 33320 (specialized services) (offices also located in Alabama
Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania)
2401 Edmund Road ATI.AS RAII.ROAIJ CONSTRUCTION CO., P.O. Box 16000 H.C. .
Tampa, Fla. 33687, 813/621-7534 (C.M.L) (see also Alabama
West Columbia, SC 29169
Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland. North Carolina, Pennsylvania)
Other offices Georgia, PA; Minnesota, MO Bristor & Bros. R.R. Contractor. 1814 N. 47th Street. Lot 27. Tampa.
Fla. 33605 (C,M)
Dade Railroad Builders, P.O. Box 985, Hialeah, Fla. 33010 (C.M)
Goare Construction Co., 1804 W. Daughtery Road, Lakeland, Fla.
M. Lummus, Inc., 600 S. 4th Street, Richmond, Calif. 94804 (C,M)
33801 (C,M)
(see also Arizona) Also-
1324 W. 6th Street, Gardena, Calif. 90247
M. Construction Co., 340 Industrial Street, Bakersfield, Calif. 93307
FAITHORN, INC.
(C,M)
Natural Resources Corp., 681 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. General Railroad Contractors
94105 (C,M)
Pacific Railroad Constructors, Inc., P.O. Box 6650, Torrance, Calif. Construction & Maintenance
90504, 213/539-0960(C,M,L)(officeslocated P.O. Box3341 Valleyjo,
639 Fin ley Lane- # 4
Calif. 94590)
Craig, Colorado 81625
J. A. Placek Construction Co., 12821 E. Imperial Highway #2, Santa
Fe Springs, Calif. 90670 (C,M) [phone]
Purdy Co., A. D. Schader Div., P.O. Box 4185, Hayward, Calif.
94544 (see also Illinois, Washington) (see also specialized services)
W. T. Jackson, Inc., 213 N. Cherry Street, Starke, Fla. 32091 (C.M)
Also-
95 Market Street, Oakland, Calif. 94607 M. A. James Railroad Contractors, P.O. Box 3163. Tampa, Fla.
4201 Long Beach Blvd .. Long Beach, Calif. 90807 33601 (C,M,L)
Sharp & Fellows Construction Co., Space Center No. 1122, 3401 Charles H. Ogle Contracting, Inc., 814 N. Central Avenue, P.O. Box
Etiwanda Avenue, Mira Lorna, Calif. 91752 878, Kissimmee, Fla. 32741 (C,M)
SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY CO., INC., P.O. Box 849, Chino,
R.W.SUMMERS RAILROAD
Calif. 91710 (C,M,L) (see also Arizona)
CONTRACTOR, INC.
COLORADO
Track Maintenance and Construction
~F&I sn:t:t ~ORPORATION A SUBSIDIARY OF' ~RANF: CO. . P.O. Box 1456
P.O. Box 1830, Pueblo, Colo. 81002, [phone]
Gandy Road
CANRON RAil.GROUP, 13685 W. Alaska Place, Lakewood, Colo.
80228 (M,L) (see also California, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Bartow, Florida 33830
Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina) (813) 533-810 7
Continental Rail Ltd., P.O. Box 1246, Arvada, Colo. 80001 (C,M)
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Serving the railway industry with continuity since 1923, the William A. Smith Contracting Co., Inc. literally has
tracked the world, from the Arctic to the Equator, in the Caribbean and Indian oceans, and wherever the world's goods
move by rail.
Founded by William A. Smith in 1923 and reincorporated in 1946, our Kansas City based firm brings experience
and engineering qualifications, performance and reputation to the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of
railways serving industries, public entities and governments. We have served the United States government through the
Defense Department, Army, Navy and Air Corps; the Department of the Interior and the Atomic Energy Commission.
We work directly with many engineering and architectural firms, as well as contractors supervising overall construction.
We continue to design specialized equipment for railroad work and are equipped and prepared immediately to
initiate railway projects of magnitude.
Literally, we can and do track the world.
A.
WM. SMITH CoNTRACTING Co., INc.
A.
WM. SMITH, INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
Brookhollow Business Park Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66214
8245 Nieman Road [phone]