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Proposals concerning the 6th edition of Technical Specification 8600 governing the supply of Vignole (flatbottom) rails of nontreated steel

Definition tests and special tests on rails of normal quality made of SiemensMartin steel and also on rails of wearresisting quality made of SiemensMartin steel, electric furnace steel and LD steel

Conditions of use for technical specification UIC 8601 concerning: Dimensional tolerances, falling weight test, tensils testpiece, detection of piping

Collection of documentary leaflets concerning the principal rail defects

Development of a mechanical device for recording the flaw echoes supplied by an ultrasonic apparatus

Falling weight tests and definition tests (1st and 2nd series of tests)

Tests with apparatus for the continuous examination of rails in the track

Checking of the asymmetry of the rail profile

Revision of the album of sample sulphur prints appended to UIC Leaflet 860 for the supply of rails

Definition tests and special tests on Thomas steel rails having proved satisfactory in the track, and those having shown a poor performance (Third series of tests)