• DocumentCode
    1427497
  • Title

    Detector car history and new developments

  • Author

    Keevil, H. W.

  • Author_Institution
    Association of American Railroads, Chicago, Ill
  • Volume
    79
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1960
  • fDate
    4/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    265
  • Lastpage
    265
  • Abstract
    THE HISTORY of rail detector cars began about 1926 when the railroads were faced with a very serious safety problem. This problem was the development of a new type of defect that was causing many rails to break.
  • Keywords
    Acoustics; Detectors; History; Joints; Rails; Steel; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1960.6433151
  • Filename
    6433151