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    Design Criteria For Railway

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    Turnouts are mechanical systems that allow railway vehicles to switch from one line to another for flexible traffic operation. They consist of parts like frogs, which provide gaps for wheel flanges, and guard rails. Different types of frogs exist for different traffic conditions, like spring-rail frogs for light traffic or manganese steel frogs for heavy traffic. Design considerations for turnouts include frog number and angle, cutbacks, lengths, flangeway gaps, and distances between turnouts and curves.

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    Turnouts are mechanical systems that allow railway vehicles to switch from one line to another for flexible traffic operation. They consist of parts like frogs, which provide gaps for wheel flanges, and guard rails. Different types of frogs exist for different traffic conditions, like spring-rail frogs for light traffic or manganese steel frogs for heavy traffic. Design considerations for turnouts include frog number and angle, cutbacks, lengths, flangeway gaps, and distances between turnouts and curves.

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    Turnouts are mechanical systems that allow railway vehicles to switch from one line to another for flexible traffic operation. They consist of parts like frogs, which provide gaps for wheel flanges, and guard rails. Different types of frogs exist for different traffic conditions, like spring-rail frogs for light traffic or manganese steel frogs for heavy traffic. Design considerations for turnouts include frog number and angle, cutbacks, lengths, flangeway gaps, and distances between turnouts and curves.

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    Design Criteria For Railway

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    Don Romantiko
    Turnouts are mechanical systems that allow railway vehicles to switch from one line to another for flexible traffic operation. They consist of parts like frogs, which provide gaps for wheel flanges, and guard rails. Different types of frogs exist for different traffic conditions, like spring-rail frogs for light traffic or manganese steel frogs for heavy traffic. Design considerations for turnouts include frog number and angle, cutbacks, lengths, flangeway gaps, and distances between turnouts and curves.

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    Design Criteria For Railway

    (Turn outs)
    Turn Outs

    Turnouts are electrically or hydraulically operated


    mechanical systems that are installed on the track to allow
    a railway vehicle to switch from one line to another, which
    provides flexibility in traffic operation.
    Parts of Turn outs
    Parts of Turn outs and their uses
    • The railroad name for the straight path is the normal route
    and for the diverging path the reverse route.
    • The frog is a mechanical assembly that provides a gap
    where the closure rails would otherwise intersect, allowing
    passage of wheel flanges.
    • The guard rails that ensure wheels passing through the
    frog proceed along the correct route.
    • The lead the distance between the point of switch and the
    point of frog measured parallel to the normal route.
    TYPES OF FROGS
    Spring-Rail Frogs
    • May be used in main track where traffic is predominantly
    on the main-track side of the frog.
    • May be used in yard tracks, but only when rigid frogs are
    not available.
    Rail-bound Manganese Steel Frogs
    • Shall be used on heavy traffic lines where traffic is
    approximately equal on both sides of the frog.
    Solid Manganese Flat Top Steel Frogs
    • May be used as alternative to rail-bound manganese steel
    frogs.
    Self Guarded Solid Manganese Frogs
    • Shall be used in yard tracks.
    • May be used in main tracks where speed does not exceed
    30 mph.
    *Note: Guard rails may be used with self-guarded frogs
    when conditions justify.
    Bolted Rigid Frogs
    • May be used in yard and industry tracks where traffic is
    light on both sides of the frog, but only when self-guarded
    frogs are not available, or when desirable to utilize
    available secondhand frogs.
    Criteria in Designing Turn
    outs
    Frog Number and Angle
    Frog Point Cutback
    Frog and Toe Length
    Frog Flangeway Gap
    Distance between Turn outs
    Distance Between a Turnout and Curve

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