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Head-hardened rail put to the test

By Gregor Girsch, René Heyder 2004-01-01T11:00:00

Voestalpine Schienen and German Railway are carrying out in-track testing of the rolling contact fatigue resistance of head-hardened and as-rolled steel rails, and from this are developing an effective grinding strategy for different rail grades

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