E – 1234 Introduction to Railroad Trackage

This publication provides an introduction to design of railroad trackage. Included are roadways, ballast, ties, rails, track grade, turnouts, crossovers, highway crossings, sidings, warehouse trackage, track scales, and yards.

Course Outline
1. INTRODUCTION
2. ROADWAY
3. BALLAST AND SUB-BALLAST
4. TIES
5. TRACK
6. RUNNING TRACK GRADE AND ALIGNMENT
7. TURNOUTS AND CROSSOVERS
8. HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS
9. TRACKAGE IN PAVEMENT
10. SIDINGS
11. WAREHOUSE TRACKAGE
12. TRACK SCALES
13. YARDS

This is an introduction to the standards and practices for design of running, siding and yard trackage for railroads in the United States.