Re: Rail Profile

["Stephen Devenish" <JohnnyR@bigpond.com>]

Ben Staples <98711576@student.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au> wrote in article
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> I've heard it said (from a fellow at work) that you can only get 60kg
rail
> from BHP now. No more 53kg.
> 
> Ben Staples

BHP Will be happy to make any rail profile providing you buy enough as was
said by another NG member.  As for what BHP currently make well the fellow
at work is incorrect, following are some of the sizes that are still made
off the rolling mill:

50kg, 53kg, 60kg, 66kg and 68kg  If there was a big enough order they will
product 47kg (Darwin to Alice Springs???????)

PS: I have just purchased approx 50t of 53kg so they still must make it :-)

Cheers 

Stephen Devenish
Senior Project Engineer

John Holland Rail Division





> 
> David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote in message
> news:375F5BA3.499CF773@omni.com.au...
> > Clayton Parkin wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there anywhere that I can find information on the properties of
the
> > > various rails, ie profile, steel grade CSA, 2nd moment inertia (Ixx)
> etc.
> > > The rail that I am most interested in is 40lb rail used historically
on
> the
> > > Powelltown railway. Information on modern profiles would also be
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > It sounds like imported non-standard rail. BHP made 45lb (later 22kg)
> rail,
> > which was later covered by an Australian Standard. BHP no longer rolls
> 22kg
> > rail, but it can still be imported. There were a few unusual weights of
> > rail used in the past, including some 46.5lb rail by WAGR.
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
> 
> 
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