Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations pierreick on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Strength of Train Rails

Status
Not open for further replies.

tjclose

Structural
Jul 30, 2001
8
I am looking for information on the yield and tensile strength of 90lb. A.R.E.A. Train Rail.
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

Ninth Edition ASD, "Manual of Steel Construction" AISC (1-113), has both 85 and 100 pound per yard rail Dimensions and Properties. Either use the lesser values for I and S or interpolate between the two values.
 
Foster Rail Products has a lot of online information about crane and train rail products including sizes and properties for current and old rail types. I didn't see the yield strengths but if it isn't posted on their web site I am sure you can call them and they will have the specifics for your rail.

 
I don't think "civilperson" answered your question correctly.
What you are looking for is the material properties of the crane rails and not the section properties.

Obtain a copy of ASTM A759. It may have the material properties listed.
 
ASTM A 01, covers carbon steel tee rails but only lists chemical requirements and hardness requirements. It does not list strength requirements. Since my original post, I have found tensile and yield properties for standard chemistry rail steel in the current AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering. Now I need to find the sme information for much older material. The three pieces I have are stamped as follows:

9020 ARA OH Inland USA 1926
9020 ARA IS Co. Gary 1912
9020 ARA OH Tennessee USA 1934

Does anyone have a Manual for Railway Engineering of that era (1912 to 1934) that lists tensile and yield for standard chemistry rail steel?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor