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Track Maintenance: Sittertobel renovation improves track forces

By Dipl-Ing Martin Quirchmair, Corporate Development, GetznerWerkstoffe; Dipl-Ing Stefan Werner, KPZ Fahrbahn AG; Dipl-Ing Beat Burgherr, SOB Infrastruktur; Dr Harald Loy, Getzner Werkstoffe/ITS University Innsbruck 2022-05-16T12:40:00

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Schweizerische Südostbahn worked with industry partners including Getzner Werkstoffe to renovate its historic Sittertobel viaduct and install a more optimised track structure. The benefits of the changes have been quantified in series of tests assessing the rail deflection generated by passing trains.

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