Alternative Title
Paper No. 1.38
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
Presented are the initial support and tic foundation problems of a railroad track built in 1974 to carried axle loads 21% greater than presently (1998) permitted under interchange laws. Described are the concerns related to and affecting the final rehabilitation that resulted in a final satisfactory performance. Of particular interest to the foundation engineer is the ballast, the tie and to a lesser extent the rail behaviour. The use of cobble sized river gravel in the rehabilitation permitted the establishment of guidelines for future use of this source of material where suitable quarried rock is not available. The satisfactory performance after rehabilitation has proven that the design concepts involving 40 ton (36 tonne) axle loads operating on 119 lb/yd (60 kg/m) continuously welded rail, concrete ties and ballast from a river aggregate were achievable.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Raymond, Gerald P., "Track and Support Rehabilitation 1975 on Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 65.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session01/65
Track and Support Rehabilitation 1975 on Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri
Presented are the initial support and tic foundation problems of a railroad track built in 1974 to carried axle loads 21% greater than presently (1998) permitted under interchange laws. Described are the concerns related to and affecting the final rehabilitation that resulted in a final satisfactory performance. Of particular interest to the foundation engineer is the ballast, the tie and to a lesser extent the rail behaviour. The use of cobble sized river gravel in the rehabilitation permitted the establishment of guidelines for future use of this source of material where suitable quarried rock is not available. The satisfactory performance after rehabilitation has proven that the design concepts involving 40 ton (36 tonne) axle loads operating on 119 lb/yd (60 kg/m) continuously welded rail, concrete ties and ballast from a river aggregate were achievable.
