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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 BALLAST

BALALST:
It is a granular material, usually broken stone, which laid on the formation to
form a bed for the track fittings like sleepers.

FUNCTION of Ballast:
1. Transmit the uniform load to formation below ballast
2. Allow Efficient drainage
3. Holding track in vertical, lateral and longitudinal direction without much of
Safer : for
permanent deformation. Sustainable: World: World (not
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usBallast
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OVERVIEW OF THERMIT
WELDING IN RAILWAY

By: KAPIL GAMBHIR

 THERMIT WELDING

Thermit Welding
This only form of site welding adopted in Railway.

Principle of Thermit Welding:

Fe2O3 + 2 Al = Al2O3 + 2 Fe + Heat
(2500 deg) in 15-30 sec

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 THERMIT WELDING

Thermit Welding
This only form of site welding adopted in Railway.

Principle of Thermit Welding:

Fe2O3 + 2 Al = Al2O3 + 2 Fe + Heat
(2500 deg) in 15-30 sec

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