Railway Engineering
Study the following statements regarding creep.
i) Creep is greater on curves than on tangent railway track,
ii) Creep in new rails is more than that in old rails,
iii) Creep is more on steep gradients than on level track.The correct answer is

(ii) and (iii)
(i), (ii) and (iii)
only (i)
(i)and(ii)

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

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Railway Engineering
Heel divergence is

Sometimes greater than flange-way clearance
Always less than flange-way clearance
Always greater than flange-way clearance
Equal to flange-way clearance

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