Railway Engineering - Study Mode
[#76] Maximum value of ‘throw of switch’ for Broad Gauge track is
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(D) 115 mm
[#77] The purpose of providing fillet in a rail section is to
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(C) Avoid the stress concentration
[#78] A Broad Gauge branch line takes off as a contrary flexure from a main line If the superelevation required for branch line is 10 mm and cant deficiency is 75 mm, the superelevation to be actually provided on the branch line will be
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(D) 65 mm
[#79] Heel divergence is
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(C) Always greater than flange-way clearance
[#80] On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ and then empty wagons run from ‘B’ to ‘A’. The amount of creep in the rails:
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(B) Will be more in the direction of A to B