Methods of fastening flat-bottom rails to sleepers laboratory and services trials of Macbeth spike anchors with removal finger clamps (E-424)

Laboratory Tests 15. Whilst the load exerted by the Spike on the Finger Clamp is comparable with normal Macbeth Spike toe-loads, the load transmitted to the rail foot will be less (approximately 85% of the spike toe-load). Since this transmitted load will be considerably affected by variation in Spike...