RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

near and parallel to inner side of one of the rails

near and parallel to inner side of both the rails

in the middle of the track a little in front of the toes of the tongue rail

at right angle to the rail

mild steel

wrought iron

high carbon steel

cast iron

With wooden sleepers at locations where creep is likely to be developed

On all joints and curves

On all the above

For points and crossings in the lead portion

115 mm

95 mm

100 mm

89 mm

16°

10°

30°

40°

Equilibrium speed

Speeds lower than equilibrium speed

Speeds higher than equilibrium speed

Booked speed

180x20x11.5 cm

275x25x13 cm

250x26x12 cm

225x23x13 cm

40 mm

75 mm

50 mm

100 mm

72.33 mm

67 mm

61.9 mm

66.7 mm

head of rail

fishing plane

web of rail

foot of rail