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Methods of fastening flat-bottom rails to sleepers. Tests on the 'fist' fastening assembly for use with concrete sleepers (E-376)

Last updated on 13 December 2013 2:11

The "Fist" fastening was developed in Sweden and is now used fairly extensively by the Swedish Railways. The Chief Civil Engineer, British Railways H.Q., and the Concrete Sleeper Working Party noted this fastening with interest in 1955, and after discussion with Messrs. The Cos tain Concrete Co. Ltd., who...

Author(s): Griffin GJ

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1961

United Kingdom

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