Q. To prevent creep in rails, the steel sleepers are fixed with rails by clips, bolts and

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Q. The standard dimensions of a wooden sleeper for a B.G. railway track are

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Q. In Indian railways, the ratio of axle load and weight of rail, is

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Q. On Broad Gauge main lines with maximum traffic loads, the rail section preferred to, is

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Q. If D is the distance between the parallel sidings and α is the angle of crossing, the distance between the noses of crossing measured parallel to the main track, is

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Q. On B.G. tracks the distance of outer signal from station limit is kept

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Q. The rails get out of their original positions due to insufficient expansion gap. This phenomenon is known

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Q. Wing rails are provided

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Q. Burnettising is done for the preservation of

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Q. 30 m long rails are used in

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Q. Minimum gradient in station yards is generally limited to

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Q. If n is length of a rail in metres, the number of sleepers per rail length generally varies from

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Q. For inspection and packing of ballast, each pot sleeper is provided with

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Q. Each block of a two-block concrete sleeper is

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Q. The effective bearing area of all types of sleepers, is

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Q. For points and crossings, maximum size of ballast, is

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Q. The main function of sleepers, is

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