Recent content by Alex Neia

Hi all I have been working on the pway as a contractor for a little over a year now & have decided that I need to move on. As a result I have been trying to teach myself track design, as this is an area that I really enjoy. The problem I am having is designing through S&C and I was...

1) If you found yourself standing in front of a crossing with nothing but a measuring tape and chalk and was asked “is the crossing your looking at inclined or vertical” then what sort of checks or things would you look for or do to determine if the crossing was inclined or vertical? 2) Where...

Hello Everyone Anyone out there who is knowledgeable about railway baseplates? I have a couple of queries about them:- I was looking in a PWI book under the baseplate section and it kept referring to flat center section and alternative center section does anyone know what the difference...

miikey I'm a contractor. I carryout stressing for NRail and LUL. I have never stressed where i will be removing adjustment switches so when i checked Nrail Standards i couldnt understand what "...180m into the existing CWR beyond the welded jointed on the CWR side of the adjustment switch"...

Informer So when it states; "...180m into the existing CWR beyond the welded jointed on the CWR side of the adjustment switch" Then this must mean that the 180m must start from this weld towards the CWR would you agree. I ask because most people believe that the 180m starts from the...

miikey but what does the …”beyond the welded joint on the CWR side of the adjustment switch” mean? what does it refer to?

Hello all I have some questions regarding stressing when removing adjustment switches. 1) My first question is this:- On the overground what is the length of a stress transition adjacent to adjustment switches. • Is it 180meters either side of the adjustment switch or • 90m either side...