Initial and final methods for laying long rails
AssigneeMatisa Materiel Industriel S.A.
InventorsMarco Piller, Jacques Pilet, Marc-Antoine Savoyat, Milan Stupar, Alain Mundt
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Abstract
Disclosed is an initial method for laying new long rails of a railway track by means of a work train travelling in a direction of travel, the initial method being intended to be implemented during a process for replacing old rails of the railway track, said method including a phase during which the new long rails are laid and subsequently fastened to sleepers of the railway track when the work train is travelling in said direction of travel, the initial laying method including a step of laying at least one portion of a first of the new long rails on the sleepers at least one end of an old joining rail.
Claims9
A method for laying new long rails of a railway track by means of a work train travelling in a direction of travel, the method comprising replacing old rails of the railway track with new long rails, wherein the new long rails are laid and subsequently fastened to a fixed structure of the railway track when the work train is travelling in said direction of travel, the laying method comprising:
- a step of laying at least one portion of a first of the new long rails on the fixed structure at at least one end of an old joining rail;
- a temporary end-to-end connection step for connecting the end of the old joining rail to at least one end of the first new long rail by means of at least one temporary connection device;
- a step of permanent connection of two connected ends of the old joining rail and the first new long rail;
- the laying method comprising, prior to the laying step, a step of heating or cooling, for neutralizing to ua reference temperature, at least one end portion of the first new long rail, the end portion comprising the end of the first new long rail to which the end of the old joining rail is required to be connected.
A method for laying new long rails of a railway track by means of a work train travelling in a direction of travel, the method being intended to be implemented during a process for replacing old rails of the railway track wherein the new long rails are laid and subsequently fastened to a fixed structure of the railway track when the work train is travelling in said direction of travel, the laying method comprising:
- a step of laying at least one portion of a last of the new long rails on the fixed structure at at least one end of an old joining rail;
- a temporary end-to-end connection step for connecting an end of the last new long rail to at least the end of the old joining rail by means of at least one temporary connection device;
- a step of permanent connection of two connected ends of the old joining rail and the last new long rail;
- the laying method comprising, prior to the laying step, a step of heating or cooling, for neutralizing to a reference temperature, at least one end portion of the last new long rail, the end portion comprising the end of the last new long rail to which the end of the old joining rail is to be connected.
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