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Roadway Components - RAIL TRACK

Updated February 15, 2024


This article applies to:
  • RoadEng Civil
  • RoadEng Forestry

Typical Cross Section

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Parameters

  BallastFillSlope Ballast fill slope.
  BallastThick Thickness of ballast material incliding sleeper thickness.  In curves thickness is constant at inside rail and increased at outside rail.
  BallastCess Distance from edge of sleeper to top of ballast fill slope.
  SleeperThick Thickness of sleeper.  Sleeper and ballast volumes assume surfaces are continous.  This can be addressed w a custom attribute and function.
  SleeperWidth Overall width of sleeper. Sleeper and ballast volumes assume surfaces are continous.  This can be addressed w a custom attribute and function.
  RailGauge Inside distance between rails.
  RailFootWidth Width of rail foot.
  HeadWidth Overall width of rail head.
  HeightofRail Overall height of rail.