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Adjusted rail profile makes Dutch rail virtually free from Head Checks

Since 2006, infra-manager ProRail has been keeping the Dutch rail…

6 February 2012 | By Dr Rolf Dollevoet, System Expert Track, ProRail

Since 2006, infra-manager ProRail has been keeping the Dutch rail free from Head Checks by grinding the rails in an Anti Head Check profile. Head Checks (HC) are rail defects that are created by wheel-rail contact. These can be serious safety threats. I obtained my doctorate in 2010 with the…

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New Dutch assessment of rail welding geometry

Delft University of Technology has developed new technical regulation standards…

2 March 2005 | By Michaël Steenbergen, Researcher Railway Engineering and Coenraad Esveld, Professor of Railway Engineering, TU Delft and Rolf Dollevoet, ProRail

Delft University of Technology has developed new technical regulation standards for the geometrical deviations of metallurgic rail welds in The Netherlands, in cooperation with the Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail.