How TTCI is investigating the effects of heavy train loads on joint bar performance. The effects of various track parameters and track maintenance on joint bar forces and strains were evaluated at ...

Sometimes called railway fishplates, rail joints are an important component of a rail track system to connect two rail tracks together. Three commonly used types of rail joints include: Bolted joints ...

Despite repeated inspections, no one spotted rail joint cracks that derailed three Union Pacific locomotives and 11 freight cars near Whittier last fall, damaging at least four homes and forcing the ...

Koppers Inc., producer of crossties and related pressure-treated wood products for railroads, says it is now designing, manufacturing, and marketing an extensive line of rail joint products acquired ...

Railway joint bars are metal or composite pieces used to connect two consecutive rails. The complete assembly of two rails and two joint bars is called a joint. Finnish composites manufacturer Exel ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - A loose, improperly fastened rail joint led to a 2017 derailment in an Arlington rail switching yard that killed a worker, the National Transportation Safety Board ...