Railways Questions

• Charles Vignoles invented the flat footed rails in
• Coal ash (or cinder) is used in initial stages of a new construction of railway for
• Wooden sleepers used on the girders of bridges, are generally made of
• Rails are bent to correct curvature if the degree of curve, is more than
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
• If L1 and L2 are actual and theoretical lengths of a tongue rail, d is heel divergence and t is thickness of tongue rail at toe, the switch angle α is
• Dimensions of a plate girder, are :
• Best ballast contains stones varying in size from
• Minimum depth of ballast prescribed of B.G. trunk lines of Indian Railways, is
• To design a cross-over between parallel tracks, the required components are :
• On a straight railway track, absolute levels at point A on two rails are 100.550 m and 100.530 m and the absolute levels at point B 100 m apart are 100.585 m and 100.515 m respectively, the value of twist of rails per metre run, is
• A scissors cross-over consists of
• Rail joint supported on a single sleeper, is known
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
• The type of switch generally used for B.G. and M.G. tracks, is
• Maximum wheel base distance provided on Indian B.G. tracks, is
• The difference in the lengths of two diagonals of a rail diamond is
• Overall depth of a dog spike, is
• Mr. W. Simms, the consulting Engineer to the Government of India recommended the gauge for Indian railways
• The sleepers which satisfy the requirements of an ideal sleeper, are