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Mitre-rail-system evaluation at two Amtrak swing bridges

Last updated on 02 September 2014 3:45

Until 1997, a few Amtrak railroad swing bridges utilized a specially designed mitre rail system and mechanism to enable the swing span to rotate away from the approach spans. The system incorporated a specially shaped mitre rail fabricated from a tough manganese steel and joined to the standard rail by...

Author(s): Bower JE;Fisher JW;Kaufmann EJ;Serag AE;Skoutelas NJ

Organisation(s): Lehigh University ; Amtrak ;

2002

United States

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