Supplement
UPDATE AVAILABLE
AS 1085.1-2002 Sup 1:2017
[Superseded]Railway track material, Part 1: Steel rails - History (Supplement 1 to AS 1085.1-2002)
Sets out performance requirements and tests for welding of steel rail. Gives detailed requirements for flash butt welding, aluminothermic welding and metal arc welding (for repairs). Qualification of the welding procedure is covered, including criteria for requalification when parameters are changed. Test methods are given in appendices.
Published: 22/12/2017
Pages: 75
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Referenced documents
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Measuring units
1.5 History of Australian rails
1.5.1 General
1.5.2 Development of the Australian Standard
1.5.3 List of Australian Standards giving rail profiles
1.6 Rail properties
2 Australian Standard for 68 kg, 60 kg and 50 kg profiles
2.1 68 kg (AS 1085.1—2002)
2.1.1 Background
2.1.2 History
2.2 60 kg (AS 1085.1—2002)
2.2.1 Background
2.2.2 History
2.3 50 kg (AS 1085.1—2002)
2.3.1 Background
2.3.2 History
3 Australian Standard for 41 kg profile and its predecessors
3.1 41 kg (AS 1085.1—2002)
3.1.1 Background
3.1.2 History
3.2 82 lb (AS E. 22—1937)
3.3 80 lb (80B) (AS E. 22—1928)
3.4 80 lb (80A) (AS E1-1925)
4 Australian Standard for 31 kg profile and its predecessors
4.1 31 kg (AS 1085.1—2002)
4.1.1 Background
4.1.2 History
4.2 63 lb (60B) (AS E. 22—1928)
4.3 60 lb (60A) (AS E. 1—1925)
4.4 70 lb (AS E. 1—1925)
5 Discontinued Australian Standard for 53 kg profile
5.1 53 kg (AS 1085.1—1985)
5.1.1 Background
5.1.2 History
5.2 107 lb (AS E. 22—1937)
5.3 110 lb (AS E. 22—1928)
5.4 100 lb (AS E. 22—1928)
5.5 100 lb (AS E. 1—1925)
6 Discontinued Australian Standard for 47 kg profile
6.1 47 kg (AS 1085.1—1985)
6.1.1 Background
6.1.2 History
6.2 94 lb (AS E. 22—1937)
6.3 90 lb (AS E. 1—1925)
7 A.S. 1916 profiles
7.1 General
7.2 100 lb (A.S. 1916)
7.3 90 lb (A.S. 1916)
7.4 80 lb (A.S. 1916)
7.5 70 lb (A.S. 1916)
7.6 60 lb (A.S. 1916)
8 Non-Standard profiles—New South Wales
8.1 General
8.2 100 C rail (1901)
8.3 100 C rail (1907)
8.4 90 J rail (1913)
8.5 80 A rail (1890)
8.6 80 A rail (1895)
8.7 80 A rail (1897)
8.8 80 A rail (1900)
8.9 80 A rail (1907)
8.10 80 E BH (bull head) rail
8.11 78 H rail (1903)
8.12 75 F DH (double head) rail
8.13 75 BHP rail (1917)
8.14 71½ D rail (1875)
8.15 70 rail (1910)
8.16 60 B rail (1890)
8.17 60 B rail (1896)
8.18 60 B rail (1907)
9 Non-Standard profiles—Queensland
10 Non-Standard profiles—South Australia
10.1 General
10.2 80 lb Commonwealth rail
10.3 80 lb British rail
10.4 80 lb Victorian rail
10.5 61 lb South Australian Railways (SAR) rail
10.6 60 A South Australian Railways (SAR) rail
11 Non-Standard profiles—Victoria
11.1 General
11.2 100 lb (VM) rail (steel M)
11.3 100 lb (VP) rail (steel P)
11.4 80 lb (VO) rail (steel O)
11.5 75 lb (VHI) rail (steel H)
11.6 75 lb (VHZ) rail [steel H (2)]
11.7 75 lb (VI) rail (steel I)
11.8 66 lb (VE) rail (steel E)
11.9 66 lb (VF) rail (steel F)
11.10 60 lb (VC) rail (iron C and steel C)
11.11 60 lb (VD1) rail (steel D)
11.12 60 lb (VD2) rail (steel D)
11.13 60 lb (VN) rail (steel N)
12 Non-Standard profiles—Western Australia
12.1 General
12.2 119 lb Area rail
12.3 80 lb A.S. Rail
12.4 80 lb Commonwealth rail
12.5 80 lb B.S. Rail
12.6 66 kg Area rail
12.7 60 lb WA rail
12.8 60 lb B.S. Rail
12.9 58 lb WA rail
12.10 46¼" WA rail
12.11 45 lb WA rail
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