PRESENTATION ON BASIC KNOWLEDGE

RAILWAY SIDING & Its Major

Components

By: KAPIL GAMBHIR

 RAILWAY SIDING

SIDING, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running Main Line.

Sidings often have lighter rails, meant for lower speed or less heavy traffic.

FUNCTION of Siding:
• Sidings may be used for storing, loading, and unloading vehicles.
• Common sidings store stationary rolling stock especially for loading and
unloading.
•  Industrial sidings go to factories, mines ,collieries and ware house .

In Single line Main Track, siding can also be used to pass the crossing train
from other side.

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 FITTINGS

1. ERC CLIP
2. RUBBER PAD
3. LINER
4. FISH PLATE
5. NUT BOLTS

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 Elastic Rail Clips (ERC)

ERC: Elastic rail clips are used with concrete railway sleepers
to fasten rails on both sides.
The rail clips are usually made of forged spring steel, which
are manufactured by hot forging process

Functions of elastic rail clips (ERC)

1. It with stand vibrations induced in track
2. It sustain static and dynamic cyclic stresses
3. It is able to resist lateral forces
4. It has longer service life with low cost of maintenance

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 Grooved Rubber Pad

RUBBER PAD:
Railway rubber pad is installed between Steel Rail and sleeper.

FUNCTION
1. The function of the railway rubber pad is to protect the
sleepers from impacting and crushing.
2. Dampening of vibration
3. Railway rubber pad can make the electrical isolation of the
signal system.

Due to the railway rubber pad be exposed to the atmosphere

all the time, it has a good resistance to natural aging, cold, and
heat resistance.

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VIBRATION ABSORPTION

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 LINER

LINER:
Liners are inserted between foot of ral and ERC .

TYPE:
METAL liner: For non-track circuit area
GFN liner: For Track circuiting area or in corrosion prone area

FUNCTION
Maintain Gauge of track

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