BS 11:1985
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Specification for railway rails
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31-05-2015
English
30-07-2004
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
3 Definitions
4 Dimensions and properties of rail sections
5 Manufacture of steel
6 Chemical composition
7 Mechanical properties
8 Marking
9 Templates
10 Facilities for inspection
11 Manufacturer's tests and certificate
12 Manufacture of rails
13 Tolerances
14 Freedom from defects
15 Test sample selection
16 Chemical analysis
17 Falling weight test
18 Tensile tests
19 Rail lengths and supply of short lengths
Appendix A Combined verticality and asymmetry gauge for flat
bottom rails
Appendix B Referee gauge for distance between holes and rail
end, and hole diameter
Appendix C Referee gauge for distance between holes and base of
rail
Appendix D Referee gauge for hole height for 95 RBH rails
Appendix E Independent chemical analyses and tensile tests
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Specifies the requirements for the quality of steel, dimensions, tolerances and technical condition of railway rails of 24.8 kg/m and greater linear mass.
| Committee |
RAE/2
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 11(1978) and 83/73631 DC (10/2003) Inactive for the new design. (01/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
52
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| DEFSTAN 81-41(PT2)/6(2005) : 2005 | PACKAGING OF DEFENCE MATERIEL - PART 2: DESIGN |
| BS 4521-2:1975 | Specification for railway turnouts for private users Light grade turnouts over which British Railways locomotives do not operate, for axle loads not exceeding 10 tons, using flat bottom rails |
| BS 47-1:1991 | Fishplates for railway rails Specification for rolled steel fishplates |
| BS 6100-2.4.2:1988 | Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. Civil engineering. Highway, railway and airport engineering Railway engineering |
| BS 6349-1:2000 | Maritime structures Code of practice for general criteria |
| BS 4521-4:1975 | Specification for railway turnouts for private users Heavy grade turnouts over which British Railways locomotives do not operate, for axle loads which may exceed 25 tons, using flat bottom rails |
| BS 4521-3.2:1975 | Specification for railway turnouts for private users. Medium grade turnouts over which British Railways locomotives do not operate, for axle loads not exceeding 25 tons Turnouts using flat bottom rails |
| BS 456:1961 | Specification for dimensions of track circuit insulation |
| BS 4521-1.2:1971 | Specification for railway turnouts for private users. Turnouts over which British Railways locomotives operate Turnouts using flat bottom rail |
| BS 6349-1-4:2013 | Maritime works General. Code of practice for materials |
| BS 64:1992 | Specification for normal and high strength steel bolts and nuts for railway rail fishplates |
| BS EN 13674-1 : 2011 | RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - TRACK - RAIL - PART 1: VIGNOLE RAILWAY RAILS 46 KG/M AND ABOVE |
| BS HDBK19(1970) : LATEST | METHODS FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF IRON, STEEL AND OTHER FERROUS METALS |
| BS 18-2:1971 | Methods for tensile testing of metals Steel (general) |
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