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A highresolution dataset of digitally scanned railway ballast (HRSBallast) is presented, consisting of 108 individual, digitised samples. The ballast samples were sourced from both a railway test track section located on a heavy haul coal export line in South Africa and a local quarry.
#0183;#32;Ballast materials are broken pieces of mainly igneous and metamorphic rocks of average particle size range of 25 mm60 mm, over which the railway tracks are laid. A wider particle size distribution range of 25 mm75 mm was however used for design of South Africa railways foundations.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . RAILWAY SLEEPERS AND CIVIL WORKS TIMBERS . rain and soil moisture. On well maintained ballast roads, in temperate and rainy climates, the in medium and long distance travel trains, both in Chile and in South America, North America, South Africa, Middle East and AsiaPacific.
Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (sleepers) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to bear the load from the railroad ties, to facilitate drainage of water, and also to keep down vegetation that might interfere with the track structure. Ballast also holds the track in place as the trains roll over it.
shapes of railway ballast materials from a heavy haul coal line in South Africa. This study complements the current research by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) that is aimed at introducing advancement and scientific approach ( 3Dlaser scanning and
Railway Ballast Specification South Africa. The railway industry in South Africa is facing a problem where passage of trains on the heavy coal haul presents a case study of five ballast materials used by Transnet Freight Rail heavy coal line in South Africa. ballast, fresh crushed ballast and river pebbles to
In Africa, the most highly developed railway system is south Africas. The South African rail standard mainly designated five profiles as 48kg/m, 40kg/m, 30kg/m, 22kg/m, 15kg/m.
Railway ballasts are broken pieces of hard rock within the grain size range of 25mm 60mm, over which the railway tracks are laid. Quarries in dolerite, greywake, shale, pebbles and granitic rock formations are some of the major sources of large stones that may be selected as railway ballast based on
Nearly all railways in South Africa use a 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge track. This was selected in the 19th century to reduce the cost of building track across and through the mountains found in several parts of the country. The Gautrain rapid transit railway uses 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 12 in) ( standard gauge ).
garding the specification for evaluating processed rock, slag, and gravel railway ballast sources are summarized in this paper. Comments are included about the new Canadian Pacific Rail ballast specif i#173; cation, which was partially based on the findings presented by Raymond et al. Clgt;#183;
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South Africa. 2 SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS OF RAILWAY BALLAST Current test methods On South African railways, TFR uses only flakiness index to quantify ballast shape properties. The standard test method used for the determination of flakiness index of ballast aggregates is contained in TFR ballast specification (1998). In this method, a metal
Railcor, founded in 1976, has grown into a major supplier and consultant of new and refurbished railway material. Through the years Railcor has adapted to an everchanging economic environment, and the fast pace of modern business tempered by the traditions of the
The ballast cleaner can be fitted with a wide cutterbar for screening switches and crossings or a narrow cutterbar for screening ballast in tunnels, bridges and other restricted areas. The RM74 machines have been working in South Africa since 1979 and are much respected in South Africa for their high quality of work and production achieved.
Aveng Infraset Railway Products division produces prestressed PY Wing concrete sleepers for main lines ranging up to 30 ton axle loads and sidings from
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70 Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering Volume 55 Number 3 October 2013 (G#246;bel et al 1994). Further developments allowed ballast fouling determination (Silvast et al 2010; AlQadi et al 2008; Leng amp; AlQadi 2010). Sussman et al (2002) developed material properties for railway
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