To reduce the intensity of pressure particularly on soft variety of sleepers, a rectangular plate is introduced between the rails and the sleepers. This is known as:
Creep is the ..... movement of rails.
Most significant which imposes limitations in raising the high speeds is:
Gauge is the distance measured in place of the between which faces of two parallel rails in a track.
The wheels are coned to prevent from rubbing the inside face of the rail head and to prevent lateral movement of the axle with its wheels. The slope of cone is:
The rectangular pits in which wheels of the locomotives are taken out for repairs, are known as: