We have encountered a small problem,
Is the necessity for ballast use is to drain the water, because if so, this mean we could use finer grade and compacted rock at a grade crossing because water just flow ON the road and never gets into the ballast at this section...
Tell me if I'm wrong
Hello everyone,
I know there isn't many people here but i'm trying anyway.
I'm actually working on a project that need us to calculate the clearance of a switch.
What will influence the distance between the rail and the end of the switch tie?
What are the needs to have longer or shorter...
Hello,
we are currently designing a mainline for an american company.
On some horizontal curves we have to include spirals.
In the AREMA Practical guide, there is a mention saying that it is strongly recommended not to put a vertical curve in the spiral element of an alignment if we are using...
