10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FISHBOLT»
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fishbolt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia
Fish are no longer transported in this manner in Britain. Fish Plate See Fishplate.
Fishbolt A bolt for fixing a Fishplate, sometimes made with a pear shaped shank
immediately under the head which engages in the appropriately machined hole ...
2
The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute
Broken through top face and first fishbolt-hole. i Through top flange, web, and first
fishbolt-hole. Crack over 3 ft. long through centre of head and upper part of web. .
Broken through top flangeI web, and first fishbolt-hole. I Broken through first ...
Out of these thirty-six failures, no fewer than thirteen were in tunnels. Others had
occurred on goods running lines and sidings, which had not been reported.
Nineteen fractures had occurred through the fishbolt holes giving way. There
were ...
The chief drawback to the satisfactory welding of old rails is the presence of the
fishbolt holes, which are a source of weakness, there being about 3 per cent. of
broken joints out of a total of about 6,000 welded on repair work; every one has ...
It is evident that the security of these plugs is much enhanced by the fish-plates
being kept well up to their work, and therefore Mr. Hawke has inserted a fast-nut
washer under the fishbolt nut. Again, at Nottingham the fixing of the machine ...
6
The "Engineering" and Electric Traction Pocketbook
Bending Test. From each 100 tons of rails a rail to be selected and curved to a
radius of 30 ft. without showing signs of cracking. Fishbolt Holes. Three round
holes in web at each end, 1& in. diameter, the centre of the hole nearest the end
to be ...
7
Railway Track Engineering
New rails should be as far as possible without fishbolt holes. 2. In case of
conversion of existing fishplated track on SWR into LWR, the following additional
precautions are to be observed; (a) the anticipated residual life of the rails shall
be at ...
8
An introduction to railway engineering: a short textbook of ...
Unless the neck of the fishbolt is square or pear-shaped, fitting holes of the same
shape in the corresponding fishplates, the latter must be channelled or have a
projecting ledge on the outside which will grip the square head of the fishbolt and
...
Ronald Alexander Inglis, 1953
... successfully performed by mechanical appliances, we may note the following :
a) Transport of staff and material by trolleys; b) Transport of ballast in special
wagons; c) Screwing screw spikes; d) Tamping sleepers; e) Screwing fishbolt
nuts; ...
International Railway Congress Association, 1933
Consequently cracking at fishbolt holes remains a major cause of premature rail
replacement: almost 20% of broken rails on BR annually are caused by cracks
around fishbolt holes. 2.1.2 Cracking from fishbolt holes can result in part of the
rail ...
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ATSB busy on freight train derailments reports
"Lower than required fishbolt torque was also identified and it is possible that movement within the joint may also have contributed to the ... «Australasian Transport News, Jul 14»