Railway Engineering
Stretcher bar is provided

To ensure exact gauge at the toe of the switch as well as the nose of crossing
To maintain the two tongue rails at the exact distance
To permit lateral movement of the tongue rail
To prevent any vertical movement between the wing rail and nose of crossing

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Railway Engineering
On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ and then empty wagons run from ‘B’ to ‘A’. The amount of creep in the rails:

Will be more in the direction of B to A
Cannot be determined from the given data
Will be more in the direction of A to B
Will be maximum at the middle of A and B

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