01672580

Component

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/175112.aspx

The following paper discusses the current state of the practice for implementing a domestically produced block rail designated as 112TRAM rail. This rail was installed in Portland, Oregon, in 2011; in Dallas, Texas, in 2013–2014; and in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2014–2015. It is the only domestically produced grooved rail that meets the Buy America requirements of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The 112TRAM rail has become the preferred rail section for cities and transit agencies installing embedded track with a steel flangeway and is planned for installation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seattle, Washington, within the next few years. This paper also discusses how block rail came to the U.S market, where and how it is made, and how the rail works with other trackwork such as turnouts and insulated joints.

01613496

English

pp 379-384

2016-9

Transportation Research Circular

13th National Light Rail and Streetcar Conference

9780309450591

Digital/other

Figures; Photos

Light rail transit; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks

Block rail; Embedded rail

Design; Public Transportation; Railroads

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

May 10 2018 10:41AM

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